Robert Henry "Bob" Egerton (born 6 March 1963) is a former

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international

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player who won nine caps for the

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in the space of 13 weeks in 1991. His final appearance came in the

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final at

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, where he played for Australia in her 12–6 victory against

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, bringing to an end a short international career.

Early life

Egerton was born in

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. Robert spent a year overseas in California, playing high school football. As a highly touted 5 Star recruit, receiving numerous Division 1 offers from establishments such as Miami University and the Clemson Tigers, he moved back to Canberra attending

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and studied Agricultural Science at

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(where his uncle was Dean of the Veterinary Faculty) during the 1980s. Egerton 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

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and played for

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in 1987 and 1988.

Representative rugby

In 1991 (now clean-shaven), he (with fellow world cup winner

Marty Roebuck Marty Roebuck (born 10 January 1965 in Lithgow, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby union footballer who represented New South Wales Waratahs and the Australian Wallabies as a fullback. Early life and education Roebuck was educate ...

) commenced a meteoric rise, representing New South Wales, then the Wallabies, during an unbeaten season. He played on the opposite wing to

David Campese David Ian Campese, AM (born 21 October 1962), also known as Campo, is a former Australian rugby union player (1982-1996), who was capped by the Wallabies 101 times, and played 85 Tests at wing and 16 at fullback. He retired in 1996 and was aw ...

(who was nominated Player of the Tournament at the 1991 RWC).

Later career

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

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, coaching their 1st XV to four premierships. In 2010 he took up the position as Team Manager of the

. Since 2014, Egerton has been a science teacher at

Newington College , motto_translation = To Faith Add Knowledge , location = Inner West and Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = A ...

, where he coached the 1st XV to win the premiership in 2015.A Message from the Head of Stanmore
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References

External links

Wallabies Profile

Bio at Sporting Heroes
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