Justin Harrison
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Justin Harrison is an Australian rugby union player who plays for Ulster Rugby in Ireland as a lock forward; he also has a contract with the Australian Rugby Union (ARU). A product of the Tuggeranong Vikings Rugby Union Club in Canberra, he made the 1994 ACT U21s and then the Australian Universities team. The following year, he played in the Australian U21s team and made his debut for the ACT against NSW B. He made his Super 12 debut with the Brumbies in 1997.
He made his international debut as Australia took on the British and Irish Lions in the third and final test of the 2001 series. Harrison is a veteran of the 2003 Rugby World Cup and last year completed a Bachelor of Applied Science at the University of Canberra. Harrison joined the NSW Waratahs at the beginning of 2004. Ulster signed Harrison on a three year contract beginning 2005-06 from the Waratahs.
As of May 23, 2006, Harrison had played 25 games for Ulster, 19 of those in the Celtic League and 6 in the Heineken Cup. Harrison has proven an effective player in the Celtic League, a consistent winner of line-out possession and aggressive in rucks and mauls. Although regarded as inspiring by other Ulster players, his tendency to indulge in sledging has let to confrontation with a number of opposing players and a number of off the pitch incidents.
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Harrison has been the cause of much controversy over his career. For instance, he used racial slurs towards South African winger Chumani Booi in 2005 while playing against the Cats of South Africa. Harrison is now poised to move to Bath following the depature of their Captain and Lock, Steve Borthwick, according to BBC Sport he has/or is about to sign a 1 year deal with the west country side[1]
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