Mitch Inman (born 24 October 1988) is an Australian

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footballer. His regular playing position is either

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. He represents the Rebels in Super Rugby.

Playing history

Inman is a graduate of Saint Ignatius' College in Sydney. His club was Sydney University where he was coached by 2012 Rebels coach Damien Hill. In the 2008

Shute Shield The Shute Shield is a semi-professional rugby union competition in Sydney, Australia. It is the premier club competition in New South Wales. The Shute Shield is awarded to the winning team from the Sydney premiership grand final held at the end ...

final Inman and his brother Dane found themselves in opposing teams: Mitch for Sydney Uni and Dane for Randwick. In 2009 Inman trialled with the

NSW Waratahs The New South Wales Waratahs ( or ;), referred to as the Waratahs, are an Australian professional rugby union team representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super Rugby competition. The Riverina and other southern parts of the sta ...

and toured with them to Fiji. He moved to Perth in 2010 and made his Super Rugby debut for the

Western Force The Western Force is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia, currently competing in Super Rugby Pacific. They previously played in Super Rugby from 2006 until they were axed from the competition in 2017. F ...

against the

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. He played every round of the Force's 2010 season. He returned to NSW later in 2010 to help Sydney Uni contest the Shute Shield final, again, against Randwick. The teams included Wallabies Berrick Barnes for the students, and

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for Randwick. For the start of the

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he was back in Perth with the Force but suffered a serious elbow injury during the round three clash with the

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. Later in 2011 he played at No. 13 outside James O'Connor at #12. Inman signed, in mid-2011, a two-year contract with the

Melbourne Rebels The Melbourne Rebels is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Melbourne. They made their debut in SANZAR's Super Rugby tournament in 2011. They were the first privately owned professional rugby union team in Australia, until 2017 ...

to commence in

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. Other new recruits would include Beale (Waratahs), O'Connor (Force) and Paul Alo-Emile (Force).

International experience

Inman is a former Australian under-19s and

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representative.

Super Rugby statistics

References

External links

Rebels profile
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