James Slipper

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James Slipper
Rugby union career
Full name	James A. Slipper
Date of birth	(1989-06-06) 6 June 1989^[1]
Place of birth	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	117 kg (18 st 6 lb)
School	The Southport School^[1]
Occupation(s)	Professional rugby union player
Playing career
Position	Prop
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Bond Pirates^[1]
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2010–	Reds^[1]	51^[1]	(15)
Current local club	Gold Coast Breakers^[1]
correct as of 21 July 2013.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2010– 2007^[2]	Wallabies Australia Schoolboys^[2]	34	(0)
correct as of 1 December 2013.

James Slipper (born 6 June 1989 in Gold Coast, Queensland) is an Australian rugby union player who plays at prop. Slipper currently represents the Queensland Reds, making his debut during the 2010 Super 14 season. In June 2010 Slipper came on as a substitute in Australia's victory over England, earning his first international cap.^[3]

Career

Slipper played his junior rugby for Bond Pirates, making him the second Wallaby to be produced by the club, after former Wallabies, Reds and Force hooker, Tai McIsaac.

Slipper was voted the 2009 Australian Under-20 Player of the Year on the basis of his performances at the Junior World Cup in Japan.^{[citation needed]}

2010 Season

In February 2010, Slipper made his Super Rugby debut against the New South Wales Waratahs at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.^{[citation needed]}

Slipper was named in the squad for the Australia A national rugby union team's two matches against England in June 2010.^{[citation needed]}

On 12 June 2010, Slipper made his debut for the Australia national rugby union team against England at Perth. He is the 843rd player in history to represent Australia. He quickly became a regular for the national team, playing in all six of Australia's matches in the 2010 Tri Nations Series. Slipper featured in 13 of the Wallabies 14 Tests during 2010.^{[citation needed]}

2011 Season

Slipper was chosen in Australia's 30-man squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. He played in all of Australia's games during the tournament.^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 QRU (2010). "James Slipper player profile at redsrugby.com.au". Retrieved 2010-06-23.
↑ 2.0 2.1 ARU (2010). "James Slipper player profile at Rugby.com.au". Retrieved 2010-06-23.
↑ James Standley (2010-06-12). "Australia 27–17 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2010-06-13.

External links

Squads

v t e Reds – 2014 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Albert Anae Curtis Browning Ben Daley Saia Fainga'a Liam Gill James Hanson Greg Holmes James Horwill David McDuling Ed O'Donoghue Jono Owen Eddie Quirk Beau Robinson Jake Schatz Rob Simmons James Slipper

Backs	Quade Cooper Rod Davies Anthony Fainga'a Chris Feauai-Sautia Nick Frisby Will Genia Mike Harris Ben Lucas Dom Shipperley Ben Tapuai Jamie-Jerry Taulagi Aidan Toua Lachlan Turner

Coach	Richard Graham

v t e Reds – 2013 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Albert Anae Curtis Browning Jarrad Butler Ben Daley Saia Fainga'a Liam Gill James Hanson Greg Holmes James Horwill Ed O'Donoghue Jono Owen Eddie Quirk Beau Robinson Radike Samo Jake Schatz Rob Simmons James Slipper Adam Wallace-Harrison Did not play: Nigel Ah Wong David McDuling

Backs	Quade Cooper Rod Davies Anthony Fainga'a Chris Feauai-Sautia Nick Frisby Will Genia Mike Harris Digby Ioane Jono Lance Ben Lucas Luke Morahan Dom Shipperley Ben Tapuai Aidan Toua

Coach	Ewen McKenzie

v t e Reds – 2012 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Albert Anae Jarrad Butler Ben Daley Blake Enever Saia Fainga'a Liam Gill James Hanson Scott Higginbotham Greg Holmes James Horwill Van Humphries Eddie Quirk Beau Robinson Radike Samo Jake Schatz Rob Simmons James Slipper Adam Wallace-Harrison Did not play: David McDuling Guy Shepherdson

Backs	Quade Cooper Rod Davies Nathan Eyres-Brown Anthony Fainga'a Chris Feauai-Sautia Nick Frisby Will Genia Mike Harris Digby Ioane Jono Lance Sam Lane Ben Lucas Luke Morahan Dallan Murphy Joelin Rapana Dom Shipperley Ben Tapuai Aidan Toua Did not play: Peter Hynes

Coach	Ewen McKenzie

v t e Australia squad – 2011 Rugby World Cup Third Place

Forwards	Alexander Elsom S Fainga'a Higginbotham Horwill (c) Kepu Ma'afu McCalman Moore Palu Pocock Polota-Nau Samo Sharpe Simmons Slipper Vickerman

Backs	Ashley-Cooper Barnes Beale Burgess Cooper A Fainga'a Genia Horne Ioane McCabe Mitchell O'Connor Phipps

Coach	Deans

v t e Reds – 2011 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Albert Anae Ben Coridas Ben Daley Saia Fainga'a Liam Gill James Hanson Scott Higginbotham Greg Holmes James Horwill Van Humphries Jono Lance Eddie Quirk Beau Robinson Radike Samo Jake Schatz Guy Shepherdson Rob Simmons James Slipper Adam Wallace-Harrison Did not play: Lei Tomiki

Backs	Will Chambers Quade Cooper Rod Davies Anthony Fainga'a Will Genia Mike Harris Leroy Houston Peter Hynes Digby Ioane Ben Lucas Luke Morahan Dallan Murphy Ian Prior Caleb Ralph Dom Shipperley Ben Tapuai Aidan Toua Did not play: Kimami Sitauti

Coach	Ewen McKenzie

Persondata
Name	Slipper, James
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rugby union player
Date of birth	6 June 1989
Place of birth	Gold Coast, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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