Bob Egerton

Robert Henry Egerton born 6 March 1963 in Lae, New Guinea was an Australian international rugby union Player who won nine caps for the Wallabies in the space of 13 weeks in 1991. His final appearance came in the 1991 Rugby World Cup final where he played in Australia's 12-6 victory against England at Twickenham, bringing to an end a short international career.

He studied Agricultural Science at Sydney University (where his uncle was Dean of the Veterinary Faculty) during the 1980s. He played rugby for the University's first grade team over a number of seasons, at fullback, wing, and five-eighth. Characteristically, he wore a long beard. He subsequently studied at Oxford University and played for Oxford University RFC in the The Varsity Match in 1987 and 1988.^[1] In 1991 (now clean-shaven, however his socks tended to trail about his boots) he (with fellow world cup winner Marty Roebuck) commenced a meteoric rise to glory, representing New South Wales, then the Wallabies, during an unbeaten season. He played on the opposite wing to David Campese (who was nominated Player of the Tournament at the 1991 RWC). Perhaps his finest moment during the tournament came in the semifinal against the highly-fancied New Zealand All Blacks, when he snatched the ball from the grasp of opposing winger 'Lord' John Kirwan, and went on to score a try.

After the RWC, he was injured playing rugby in the USA. Later, he held various teaching and coaching positions. He worked as a Biology teacher at the Sydney Grammar School but left in 2010 to take up the position as Team Manager of the Wallabies

References

External links

• Bio at Sporting Heroes
• Bob Egerton's match stats at Statsguru