Mick Martin (rugby union)
| Full name | Michael Clayton Martin | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 May 1956 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Michael Clayton Martin (born 5 May 1956) is an Australian sailor and former rugby union international.[1]
Martin was born in Sydney and attended Parramatta Marist High School.[2]
A Parramatta Colts product, Martin won a Shute Shield title with the Two Blues in 1977 and earned New South Wales selection for the first time two years later. He was capped a total of six times for the Wallabies playing as a winger, making his debut in Suva on the 1980 tour of Fiji. His winning try against the All Blacks in the 1st Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1980 helped the Wallabies defend the Bledisloe Cup for the first time since 1934.[2]
Martin is now an accomplished sailor and regularly competes in the Sydney to Hobart.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Guinness, Rupert (19 December 2012). "Ex-Wallaby finds his sea legs". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ a b "Michael Clayton Martin". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Mick Martin eyes Frantic return run to Sydney to Hobart". Newcastle Herald. 6 December 2023.
External links
[edit]- Mick Martin at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Sydney
- Rugby union wings
- Parramatta Two Blues players
- Australian male sailors (sport)
- People educated at Parramatta Marist High School
- New South Wales rugby union team players
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen