Graeme Stephen Geoffrey Bond (born 21 May 1974) is an Australian former professional
rugby union player for the
NSW Waratahs,
ACT Brumbies
The ACT Brumbies (known from 2005–2022 as simply the Brumbies) is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), The team competes in Super Rugby and named for the brumby, feral horses whi ...
and
Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks is a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
Originally founded in 1861 as Sale Football Club, now a distinct amateur club, they adopted the n ...
. He represented
Australia
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in five Test matches as a centre and winger.
Bond was born in
Papua New Guinea and attended Brisbane's
Marist College. He won a
Super 12
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title with the ACT Brumbies in 2001 and debuted for the Wallabies that year against the Springboks in Perth. On the
2001 Wallabies tour of Europe, he featured in a further four Test matches and scored his only international try in a win over
Spain. He played for the Sale Sharks from 2002 to 2004, before being forced into retirement due to a neck injury.
See also
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List of Australia national rugby union players
List of Australia national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Australia national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a test match (rugby union), Test match.
Note that the "position" co ...
References
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1974 births
Living people
Australian rugby union players
Australia international rugby union players
New South Wales Waratahs players
ACT Brumbies players
Sale Sharks players
Rugby union centres
Rugby union wings
Papua New Guinean emigrants to Australia
People from East New Britain Province
People educated at Marist College Ashgrove
Australian expatriate rugby union players in England