Twenty Questions with Dean Mumm

Qantas Wallabies Dean Mumm : his speciality in the kitchen is roast beef and his most embarrassing Rugby moment, his kick against the Hurricanes this year!

Dean “Mummy” Mumm first came to prominence in 2002 as the captain of the GPS title winning Kings 1^st XV. He went on to captain the NSW and Australian Schoolboys the same year.

In 2004 he was a member of the Australian Barbarians squad and toured Argentina with the Waratahs development team. The following season he was a member of the Australian Under 21 team at the IRB World Championships that lost the South Africa in the final and was re-signed by the Waratahs for a further two years.

In 2006 he was a member of the Waratahs development squad that toured the British Isles and in 2007 he made his Super 14 debut for the Tahs against the Lions in Round 1, going on to play 12 of NSW’s 13 matches that year.

The 24-year-old then won selection for Australia A in the Pacific Nations Cup and was a member of the Sydney Fleet in the short-lived Australian Rugby Championships.

Another impressive Super 14 season followed in 2008, earning 196cm, 109kg Mumm a deserved call up to Robbie Deans first Wallaby squad. He became an important member of the squad making his debut against Ireland in Melbourne on June 14^th.

Dean went on to play five Tests in 2008 so far, including a vital role in the Wallabies historic Mandela Plate clinching 27-15 victory over the Springboks in Durban, where he came on for the injured Dan Vickerman late in the first half.

Find out more about “Mummy” in our EXCLUSIVE 20 Questions.

Nickname

Mummy

Primary Schools/High Schools/Universities attended:

The Kings School,

First Rugby team I played in

Beecroft Under 6

My all time favourite Classic Wallaby

Tim Horan

My most respected Rugby opponent

Al “The Fuse” Baxter

My favourite non-Rugby sporting star

Tiger Woods

My best Rugby memory

Test Debut v Ireland 08

My embarrassing/worse Rugby moment:

My kick against the Hurricanes this year.

Speciality I can cook in the kitchen is

Roast Beef

Away from Rugby things I enjoy doing

Cooking/Reading.

The team mate I would least like to room with is

Al “the Fuse” Baxter

Why ?

His temper scares me.

My favourite holiday destination is

Queenstown, NZ

My favourite book/movie/music:

Book – The Alchemist

Movie – Old School

Music – Anything relaxed

If I wasn’t a Professional Rugby Player I would be:

Still at Uni

The special talent most people don’t know I have:

The ability to lose things

What being a Wallaby means to me

Representing your country and it doesn’t get much better than that

Favourite Stadium to play in:

SFS

Best country toured

Argentina

The thing I most can’t do without is

Friends and family