Marist College Ashgrove 1957-1065.
Chosen to repent Queensland in Rugby Union from 1969 to 1974.
One test cap in 1969 against South Africa.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
The Marist Alumni Project identifies and celebrates the contribution Marist educated men and women have made to our nation. This project aligns itself with Marcellin Champagnat’s call to all of us, particularly in the education of the young, to ‘form good Christians and virtuous citizens.’
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Marist College Ashgrove 1957-1065.
Chosen to repent Queensland in Rugby Union from 1969 to 1974.
One test cap in 1969 against South Africa.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1942.
Played in a number of tests for Australia in Rugby Union (including three as captain), managing several Wallaby sides after his playing career.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1963-1966.
Rugby League player who represented Australia in 1972.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1976-1980.
Successful Cross Country runner who gained selection to the Australian Cross Country team.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1883-1984.
Arriving to Ashgrove with a love for soccer and horse-riding, found instant success in Rugby Union.
Represented the Wallabies n seven occasions.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1968-1976.
Selected to the Australian Schoolboys Rugby Team in 1976.
Played thirty-five test matches for the Wallabies.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1981-1982.
Represented Australia in sprinting on a number of occasions in the early 1980s.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1957-1966.
International Rugby Union representative, playing for Australia on sixteen occasions.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1948-1955.
Represented Queensland and Australia in Rugby Union in 1961.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1977-1978.
Rugby Union player who represented Queensland U21s
Left Australia in 1984 to play in Durban, South Africa.
Debuted for both Queensland and Australia in 1985.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1978-1982.
International showjumping rider and instructor.
Olympic competitor for Australia at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Represented Aust. at the following Nations Cup shows in 1995; Finland, Norway & Sweden.
4th in the Grand Prix of Norway.
4th in the King George Gold Cup at Hickstead Royal International Horse show.
Completed the Hickstead Derby, England.
10th Grand Prix of Hamburg, Germany.
11th Grand Prix of the 1995 French Championships, Dinnard, France.
Numerous wins and placing at leading national shows throughout Germany.
Winner World Cup Qualifier, Australia.
5 times leading rider at Melbourne & Adelaide Royal Shows, Australia.
2000 New South Wales (Aust.) Showjumping Champion.
Winner Gawler World Cup Qualifier 2013.
Winner CSI 2* Grand Prix, Sydney Royal 2014.
Winner Aqius Silver Tour 2017.
Second Sydney Grand Prix 2018.
Winner Grand Prix Aqius 2018.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1986-1990.
Made International Debut for the Wallabies against New Zealand in 1993.
Played in 20 tests between 1993-1997.
Appointed as Head Coach of the Leicester Tigers in 2005.
Appointed as General Manager, Team Performance for the Australian Cricket Team in 2011.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1953-1961.
Made Rugby test debut in 1964. Played in the centres against the All blacks in both tests in 1964.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1955-1964.
A rugby centre with outstanding ability, playing in nine tests over four years.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1983-1990.
Talented rugby union player, earned first selection to the Queensland side in 1993.
Debuted for the Wallabies in 1994, playing a total of 67 caps.
Named in the Team of the World Cup in 1999.
Awarded the coveted L’equipe International Player of the Year in 1999.
Promoted to the role of Captain of the Queensland Reds and Vice Captain of the Australian side in 2001.
During international career, was part of numerous victories including the World Cup, a British Lions Series, a Rugby Championship and five consecutive Bledisloe Cups.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1974 - 1983.
Selected to the Australian Schoolboys Rugby team in 1982 and 1983.
Represented Australia in ten tests before switching to Rugby League, playing for the South Queensland Crushers.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1945-1953.
Named College Dux in 1953
Studied Engineering and spent 34 years at Queensland University of Technology (previously QIT, now QUT) including more than 20 years as Head of Mechanical Engineering or Acting Dean of the School of Engineering.
Achievements include: winner of the James Harrison Medal from AIRAH (only the fourth Queenslander to do so), serving on the committee of Australian Institute of Engineers QLD, member of the Sugar Research Institute of Australia, founder of the QIT Rugby Club and QIT Alpine Skiing Club and Chairman of Mt St Michael’s College Board, Marist College Ashgrove’s “sister school”.
Served as President of the Marist College Ashgrove Old Boys Association on two separate occasions.
Marist College Ashgrove 1973-1983.
Represented Australia in swimming at the 1992 and 1996 Paralympics, winning a Silver Medal at Atlanta in the Men’s 4x100m Freestyle S7-10 event.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1959 - 1966.
Selected to play for Queensland in Rugby Union in 1969.
In 1971, toured with the Wallabies to France.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1969-1977.
A much respected Rugby Union referee.
Selected to run touch in eleven test matches. Received first test match in 1977, refereeing Tonga and Western Samoa.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.