John Eales

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John Eales
Personal information
Date of birth 27 June 1970 (1970-06-27) (age 37)
Place of birth Brisbane, Australia
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight 115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
Nickname Nobody/Slippery
School Marist College Ashgrove
College University of Queensland
Notable relative(s)    Jack Eales (Father deceased 19 June 2005) Rosa Eales (Mother) Bernadette Byrne, Carmel Eales (deceased 17 April 1989 Hodgkins Lymphoma), Damian Eales, Antoinette Eales, Rosaleen Eales j
Occupation(s)    Director and founder Mettle Group
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Lock
Clubs
1989-1996 Brothers Rugby Club
Provincial/State sides Caps (points)
1990-2001 Queensland Reds 112
Super Rugby    
1996-2001 Queensland Reds (402)
National team(s)    
1991-2001 Australia 86 (445)

John Eales AM (born 27 June 1970) is a former Australian rugby union footballer and arguably the most successful captain in the history of Australian Rugby.

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[edit] Early Life

In his youth, Eales was also a very talented cricket all-rounder, and played first grade cricket for Queensland University in the Brisbane QCA cricket competition. He went to the same school and played cricket alongside then future Australian batsman and Allan Border medalist Matthew Hayden.[citation needed] John Eales completed a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in psychology from the University of Queensland in 1991 [1] [2] prior to taking to the international rugby stage

[edit] Rugby career

Eales played lock for Queensland Reds and Australia. He was given the nicknamed "Nobody" because "nobody's perfect", acknowledging his skillful play but also his innate sense of fairnes and diplomacy.

Eales 55-cap reign as captain marked an era of Australian success in world rugby. Eales played a major part in Australia’s victories at the Rugby World Cup twice in his illustrious career, first in 1991, and later skippering his country to victory in 1999

[edit] Statistics

  • John Eales scored 445 points for Australia which come from 2 tries, 99 penalties & 69 conversions, a total which places him 8th on the all-time scoring list for Australia. He is the highest scoring forward in test rugby history and only one of three forwards to have ever surpassed 100 points in test rugby (the others being Carlo Checchinato and Colin Charvis). This is because of his being a goal kicker, which is unusual for a forward; his two tries are unremarkable (in comparison, all of Checcinato's and Charvis' points have come from tries). His memorable kicks include a sideline penalty goal in the final minutes of a 2000 test to win the Bledisloe Cup against New Zealand.
  • Eales is one of only 21 players to have represented the Queensland Reds in 100 or more state games. He represented his state in 112 games.
  • Eales scored a total of 402 points in the Super 12 competition with 6 tries, 66 conversions and 80 penalties for the Queensland Reds. No forward has scored more points than him in the competition's history.

[edit] Post rugby career

[edit] Business

Eales is a successful businessman. He was a founder of the Mettle Group (a Culture & Leadership consultancy), and his personal company the JohnEales5 (now part of International Quarterback, a sports marketing and events company). He is also a director of QM Technologies, Director SAHOF and a Financial Review columnist. He has acted as a consultant for BT Financial Group and Qantas. [1] [2]

[edit] Rugby

Eales acted as a "rugby ambassador" at the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, which involved a number of media duties.[3]

[edit] As an author

John Eales has written a book, 'Learning From Legends'. The book has a foreword by Australian Prime Minister John Howard and talks about different legends of Australian Sport including Peter Brock and Grant Hackett.

[edit] Honours

  • Eales has gave his name to the John Eales Medal, annually awarded to the best Australian rugby union player.
  • In 1999 he was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) for services to the community and rugby. [1]


[edit] References

John Eales: The Biography by Peter Fitzsimons (2001)

  1. ^ a b c National Association of Australian University Colleges Inc
  2. ^ a b Computershare - Communication Services - Communication ServicesCommunication ServicesCommunication ServicesCommunication ServicesCommunication ServicesCommunication Services
  3. ^ Rugbyworldcup.com: From the touchline - Put your house on Pumas (not mine)

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Phil Kearns		 Australian national rugby union captain
1996-2001		 Succeeded by
George Gregan
v • d • e
Australia squad - 1999 Rugby World Cup
Forwards
Blades • Crowley • Cockbain • Connors • Eales (c) • Foley • Finegan • Giffen • Harry • Kearns • Kefu • Noriega • Paul • Robinson • Strauss • Wilson
Backs
Burke • Gregan (vc) • Grey • Herbert • Horan • Kafer • Larkham • Latham • Little • Roff • Staniforth • Tune • Whitaker • Williams
Coach


Persondata
NAME John Eales
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nobody/Seano U Superstar
SHORT DESCRIPTION Former Australian Rugby union team captain. Won two Rugby World Cups. Captained to 1999 Rugby World Cup victory.
DATE OF BIRTH 27 June 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Brisbane, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH


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