by devclassicwallabies | Mar 19, 2020 | In Memorium, Members, Player news
John Solomon posing with the Bledisloe in 1952. Photo: Supplied The Australian Rugby community is in mourning following the passing of 14-Test Wallaby utility back and captain, John Solomon after a protracted battle with illness. The 2016 Hall of Famer was the 38th...
by devclassicwallabies | Feb 12, 2020 | In Memorium, Player news
The Rugby community is mourning the loss of Shane Nightingale, who passed on Monday after a long battle with cancer. Shane Norbert Nightingale was a member of the Wallabies 1982 tour to New Zealand, where he represented Australia on five occasions in uncapped tour...
by devclassicwallabies | Jan 3, 2020 | In Memorium, Members
Month: January 2020 The Australian Rugby community is mourning the loss of two-Test Wallabies flanker, Barry McDonald who passed away on Wednesday January 1, aged 79. The Papua New Guinean-born backrower’s two Tests in the Wallabies jersey came in 1969 and 1970,...
by Matt Want | Nov 18, 2019 | In Memorium, Members, Player news
The Rugby community is in mourning following the loss of Wallaby, Warwick Arthur Watkins on Friday 12 November. Despite being uncapped, Watkins qualifies as a Wallaby as he was an unused replacement in three Test matches, sitting on the bench behind Queensland’s Bill...
by Matt Want | Nov 15, 2019 | In Memorium, Members
The Australian rugby community is in morning following the passing of Wallaby Bruce Elias Malouf on Thursday 14 November following a long battle with illness. Bruce Malouf was a hard-working, tough and mobile hooker whose biggest opportunity at national level was...
by devclassicwallabies | Oct 2, 2019 | In Memorium, Members
The Australian Rugby community is mourning the passing of Jeffrey Leonard Sayle OAM, who passed away on Monday September 30, aged 77. Jeff Sayle was regarded as ‘one of the most dedicated clubmen in Australian rugby history.’ He won a single Test cap in 1967 and...
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