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International Rugby Board

The current judges are Jonathan Davies, Will Greenwood, Gavin Hastings, Michael Jones, Dan Lyle, Federico Méndez, Francois Pienaar and past Player of the Year winners Fabien Galthié and Keith Wood, with John Eales as convenor.

Simon Whatling

Simon Whatling (born 16 September 1984) is an English rugby union player, who plays for London Welsh in the Aviva Championship.


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Alex Brown

Alex Brown (rugby prop) (Born 1989), English rugby union player, currently playing for Exeter Chiefs

Amatori Rugby Milano

Between 1988 and 1997 Amatori Milano was part of the A.C. Milan sport club under the ownership of Silvio Berlusconi and won 4 domestic championship; when Berlusconi dropped the sport club in order to keep the football team only Amatori folded; the club were revived in 2002 and is currently coached by Marcello Cuttitta, a former Italian international rugby union player that played for Amatori in the Nineties.

Andy Forsyth

Andrew Forsyth is an English rugby-union player, from Clayton West, Huddersfield, United Kingdom.

Balgowlah Boys Campus

Wycliff Palu, professional Rugby Union player for NSW Warathas and Wallabies.

Binoche

Léon Binoche (1878–1962), French international rugby union player

Bogdan Leonte

Bogdan Leonte (rugby union), Romanian-born French rugby union player, playing for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu

Budgett

Nathan Budgett (born 1975), Welsh rugby union player; currently playing for Bristol.

Clonlara

Irish rugby union player Marcus Horan and Irish hurlers Colm and Darach Honan were born in the village as was Jan O'Sullivan (née Gale), Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for Limerick East.

Coenraad Breytenbach

Coenraad Lodewyk Breytenbach (born Middelburg, 10 November 1970) is a former South African rugby league and Russian rugby union player.

Dauncey

Bert Dauncey (1871–1955), Welsh international rugby union player

Diego Scaglia

Diego Scaglia (born Córdoba, 29 July 1967) is an Argentine-born Italian former rugby union player and a current coach.

Doug Elliott

Douglas Elliot (1923–2005), Scottish international rugby union player

Edwin Carr

Slip Carr (Edwin William Carr, 1899–1971), his father, Australian rugby union player and Olympic sprinter

Ernest Dixon

Blue Dixon (Ernest Joseph Dixon, c. 1885–c. 1941), Australian rugby union player

Evan Davies

Ianto Davies (1892–1946), Wales international rugby union player

Gustavo Jorge

Gustavo Martín Jorge (born Lomas de Zamora, 24 October 1971) is a former Argentine rugby union player and a current coach.

Heighway

Victoria Heighway, New Zealand rugby union player who beat out Kelly Brazier for the 2009 Steinlager Rugby Awards as NZRU Women's Player of the Year

James Aitken

Jim Aitken (born 1947), British businessman and former Scotland international rugby union player

James Ledbetter

For the Welsh rugby union player of a similar name see James Leadbeater

Jean-Claude Skrela

His son, David Skrela, is a French rugby union player and his daughter, Gaëlle Skrela, is a professional basketball player.

José Santamarina

José María Santamarina (born San Miguel de Tucumán, 21 May 1963) is a former Argentine rugby union player.

Joseph Partridge

Joseph Edward Crawshay Partridge (1890–1969), a Welsh rugby union player and soldier

Komga

Siyanda Grey is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Eastern Province Kings.

Lux Park

Trevor Woodman - Former England Rugby Union Player who belonged to the Liskeard Looe Rugby/Football club which is situated in the grounds of Lux Park.

Marcello d'Orey

'Marcello d'Orey de Araújo Dias (born Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 7 March 1976) is a Portuguese rugby union player.

Martin Williams

Martyn Williams (born 1975), Wales and British Lions international rugby union player

Massimo Bonomi

Massimo Bonomi (born Brescia, 22 June 1967) is a former Italian rugby union player and a sports manager.

McFadyean

Colin McFadyean (born 1943), England International rugby union player and Captain

Moneyglass

Willie John McBride, world famous Rugby Union player, capped for Ireland on 63 occasions, 12 as Captain, is a native of Moneyglass but now lives in Ballyclare.

Pablo Garretón

Pablo Arturo Garretón (born San Miguel de Tucumán, 26 June 1966) is a former Argentine rugby union player.

Paddy Moran

Herbert Moran (1885–1945), Australian rugby union player, known as Paddy Moran

Ricardo Le Fort

Ricardo Agusto Le Fort (born San Miguel de Tucumán, 13 October 1965) is a former Argentine rugby union player.

Robert Deans

Bob Deans (1884–1908), rugby union player, All Black, and member of the 1905 Original's squad

Robbie Deans (born 1959), current Crusaders (Super 14) coach; former rugby union player and All Black, as well as a former All Blacks coach

Robert McMillan

Robert MacMillan (1865–1936), Scottish national rugby union player

Ross Wardle

Ross Wardle (born 28 April 1991) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Newport Gwent Dragons regional team as a winger having previously played for Bedwas RFC.

Salim Tebani

Salim Tebani (born M'Sila, 11 October 1978) is a Algerian-French rugby union player.

Sandro Ceppolino

Alessandro Diego Ceppolino, known as Sandro Ceppolino (born Villa Ballester, 8 August 1974), is a former Argentine-born Italian rugby union player and a current coach.

Sébastien Bonetti

Sébastien Bonetti (born 22 September 1977 in Bergerac), is a French rugby union player.

So'oialo

Rodney So'oialo (born 3 October 1979), New Zealand rugby union player, brother of James and Steven

St Patrick's College, Mackay

Wendell Sailor – dual-code international Rugby League and Rugby Union player and TV personality

Steve Jones

Staff Jones (born 1959), Wales international rugby union player of the 1980s

Stuart Wilson

Stu Wilson (born 1954), former New Zealand rugby union player

Thomas Arthur

Tom Arthur (1906–1986), Welsh international rugby union player

Toby L'Estrange

Toby L'Estrange (born September 2, 1988 in Berkely, California, United States) is a rugby union player who plays flyhalf for the United States national team.

Tom Crean

Thomas Crean (1873–1923), Irish rugby union player, British Army soldier and doctor

V8 Ute Racing Series

Drivers have included former Australian NASCAR champion Kim Jane, actor George Elliot, country music singer Adam Brand, Television host Grant Denyer, driving instructor Gary Baxter, former Waratahs and Australian Sevens Rugby Union player Ben Dunn and former NRL Roosters player Jack Elsegood who is also the 2009 series champion former V8 Supercar drivers, Cameron McConville and Nathan Pretty.

Wakka

Uakazuwaka Kazombiaze (born 1979), also known as Waka Kazombiaze, a Namibian rugby union player

William Tanner

Dooee Tanner, William Henry Tanner, Australian rugby union player