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Stirling Mortlock

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Mortlock, Stirling
Name Stirling Mortlock
Position Centre
Height 191cm
Weight 100kg
Date of Birth 20/5/1977
Club Gordon (NSW)
Super 14 Team Brumbies 1998-
Super 12/14 Points 875 (48t, 127c, 127p)
Super 12/14 Caps 99
Tests 2000 - Arg1, Arg2 (1t,1c,5p), SA1 (2t,2c,5p), NZ1 (2t,2c,2p), SA2 (1t,2c,4p), NZ2 (1t,1c,3p), SA3 (1c,4p), Fr, S, E. 2002 - Fr1, Fr2 (2t, 1c, 1p), NZ1, SA1 (1t,1p), NZ2, SA2, Arg (1t), Ire, E, It (1t). 2003 R* (1t) (rep), N* (1t), S* (1t), NZ* (1t), E*. 2004 - S2, E, PI (2t), NZ1 (1t), SA1, NZ2, SA2 (1t), S3 (1t), Fr, S4. 2005 - Sam(2t,2c), It (1c), F1, SA2 (1c), SA3, NZ1. 2006 - E1 (5p, 2c), E2 (5c, 1p), Ire (3c, 2p), NZ1(1c), SA1 (5c, 2p), NZ2 (3p), SA2 (2c, 2p), NZ3 (3c, 2p), SA3 (1c, 3p), It (1t, 2c, 2p), Ire2 (2p), S (5c, 3p) 2007 - W1 (3c, 1p), W2 (2c, 4p), Fj (rep), SA1 (1c, 4p), SA2 (c) (2c, 2p), NZ2 (c),(3p)
Test Points 426 (24t, 50c, 64p)
Test Caps 60
Test Debut 2000 v Argentina, Brisbane
Honours Australian Under 19s 1996. Australian Under 21s 1997-1998. AIS Australian Barbarians 1997. Australian Wallabies 2000-
Senior Tours 1997 - Argentina. 2000 - Japan, France & UK. 2002 - Argentina, UK & Europe. 2003 - RWC (Aus). 2004 - UK & France, 2006 UK, Ireland & Italy.

STIRLING MORTLOCK assumes the Wallabies captaincy for the Rugby World Cup after sharing leadership duties with Phil Waugh during the winter series. A devastating ball carrier and punishing defender, the skipper is in career-best form and is rated among the top handful of players in the world in his position. He sits third on the all-time Australian point scorers list.

 

1996: Represented the Australian Under 19s a year after graduating from The Kings School.

1997: Toured Argentina with the Wallabies and also represented the Australian Under 21s and Australian Barbarians teams.

1998-1999: Again toured with the Australian Under 21s team before making his Super 12 debut for the Brumbies, playing wing, fullback and outside centre in his rookie season.

2000: Made his Test debut against Argentina in Brisbane and then became the fastest Australian to reach 50 and 100 Test points.  He scored the most points and highest number of penalties [16] by any Australian in his first five Tests and created history by becoming the first Australian to score 20 points or more in four consecutive Tests. He then capped off a memorable year by kicking a last-second penalty goal from the sideline against South Africa in Durban to clinch Australia's first Tri Nations title.

2001: Missed the entire Test season after injuring his shoulder in the Brumbies semi final win over the Reds.

2003: Secured the Australian number 13 jersey at the 2003 Rugby World Cup where his 80 metre intercept try against the All Blacks in the semi final is stamped in tournament folklore.

2004: Missed a second Super 12 Championship with the Brumbies through injury, having taken over the captaincy from George Gregan, before scoring five tries from 10 Test appearances for the Wallabies.

2005: Started the Test season at outside centre before a hamstring and then calf injury saw him miss the last two Tri Nations matches and the Spring Tour.

2006: Became the 73rd player to Captain the Wallabies in the Test against England in Melbourne before earning the honour three more times on the Spring Tour.
He moved his career Test points tally past 350, celebrating his 50th Test alongside Nathan Sharpe against South Africa in Johannesburg.

2007: Concussions and a broken hand limited him to just six appearances for the Brumbies in the Super 14 but he returned in career-best form for the Wallabies after being appointed co-captain for the winter series. His man-of-the-match performance at the MCG led the Wallabies to their first victory over New Zealand since 2004.

 

Off Field: Stirling is completing a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance with Kaplan

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