Bill Ross (rugby union)
| Full name | William Scott Ross | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 November 1956 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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William Scott Ross OAM (born 28 November 1956) is an Australian former rugby union international.[1]
A Brisbane Grammar School product, Ross was an Australian Schools representative on the 1973/74 tour of Britain and by 1976 had been rewarded with a state debut for Queensland. He gained 13 caps for the Wallabies as hooker, debuting in 1979 against Ireland at Ballymore. His international career included a successful Bledisloe Cup defence in 1980. He attended Oxford University during the early 1980s, attaining a rugby blue.[2]
Ross was team manager of the Queensland Reds between 1996 and 1998. He served as a Queensland Rugby Union selector from 2003 to 2006, then Vice President between 2010 and 2018.[3] In the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours, Ross was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) "for service to rugby union, and to the community".[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Reds' rugby's golden era top 50". The Courier Mail. 8 July 2020.
- ^ "William Scott Ross". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Bill Ross Appointed Vintage Reds CEO". reds.rugby. 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2013". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 June 2013.
External links
[edit]- Bill Ross at ESPNscrum
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- People educated at Brisbane Grammar School
- Rugby union players from Brisbane
- Rugby union hookers
- Oxford University RFC players
- Queensland rugby union team players