Marc Stcherbina (born 7 December 1976, in Sydney) is an Australian retired

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

player who last played for Newport Gwent Dragons. He was educated at

Sydney Boys High School , motto_translation = With Truth and Courage , established = , location = Cleveland Street, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pu ...

, and then

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensiv ...

. He also played for the Waratahs, Northampton, and Cardiff Blues. He captained Australian schoolboys, and is one of the few players to make three Australian schoolboy teams and captained the team in 1994 and 1995. He then represented his country at under 19 and u21 level, and the Australia 7's and Australia A . He represented Australia at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''( Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unpreceden ...

in Kuala Lumpur, winning a Bronze medal, and then in the 2002

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

in Manchester. He played most of his Super 12 Rugby on the Wing for 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 ...

. In his last season The Waratahs came 3rd in the Super 12. In 2002, he accepted a 2-year deal with French side Biarritz where he switched to centre. he then decided to move to Northampton for the 04-05 season. He started 29 games for them that season, the most appearances of any player that season. Due to

Carlos Spencer Carlos James Spencer (born 14 October 1975) is a former New Zealand rugby union player and previously the head coach of the and the . He is currently an assistant coach for the New Orleans Gold of Major League Rugby (MLR). During his playing ...

joining Northampton, Guinness Premiership rules allowed only one overseas player on the pitch at a time, forcing Stcherbina to move to Cardiff Blues where he enjoyed 3 seasons earning 52 caps for the Welsh side. He moved to Newport Gwent Dragons for the 2008-09 season. However, in December 2008 Stcherbina suffered a serious neck injury playing for the Dragons in Toulouse, and did not play for the rest of the season. Despite making a good recovery, he announced his retirement on medical advice on 9 June 2009. Recently, Stcherbina has moved into coaching. He is currently Director of Rugby and Head Coach of Santa Monica Rugby Club in the United States. and has assisted with the coaching of the USA Maccabiah, USA u20s, and USA Girls' High School teams.

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Newport Gwent Dragons profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stcherbina, Marc 1976 births Rugby union players from Sydney Living people Australian rugby union players Northampton Saints players Cardiff Rugby players Dragons RFC players Biarritz Olympique players People educated at Sydney Boys High School Australia international rugby sevens players Male rugby sevens players Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Australia Rugby sevens players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games