Les Makin

Les Makin
Personal information
Full nameLeslie Makin
Born2 January 1992
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight112 kg (17 st 9 lb)
Club information
Playing positionLoosehead Prop
Current clubBrumbies
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeam
2012−Queanbeyan Whites()
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Pts)
2014−Canberra Vikings7(5)
2015–Brumbies()
Representative team(s)
2012Australia Under-20()
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 10 December 2014.

† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 10 December 2014.

Les Makin (born 2 January 1992) is an Australian rugby union footballer who currently plays as a prop for the Brumbies in Super Rugby.[1][2] He also represented the Canberra Vikings in the inaugural National Rugby Championship.[3][4]

Career

Makin has come all the way through the ranks in the ACT, representing the region at Under 16, Schools, Under 20, State (ACT XV) and 10s level.[1] He was a member of the newly founded Canberra Vikings squad for the first ever National Rugby Championship season in 2014 and his performances anchoring the scrum for the Vikings earned him a Super Rugby contract with the Brumbies for 2015.[2]

International Career

Makin was a member of the Australia Under-20 side which competed in the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Queanbeyan's Les Makin signs on with UC Brumbies". Brumbies. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Brumbies rule out chasing 'Tongan Thor' and sign Queanbeyan removalist Les Makin". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  3. "Les Makin Canberra Vikings Player Profile". Brumbies Rugby. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  4. "Les Makin itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  5. "Australian Under 20s squad named for 2012". Rugby Australia. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2014.