Liam Gill

Liam Gill
Liam Gill poses during the 2016 Queensland Reds headshots session on January 27, 2016 in Brisbane, Australia.
Full name Liam Bradley Gill
Date of birth (1992-06-08) 8 June 1992
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height 184 cm (6 ft 1/2 in)[1]
Weight 96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
School St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Flanker
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2014− Brisbane City 13 (40)
correct as of 3 November 2015.
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2011– Queensland Reds 71 (38)
Current local club Sunnybank
correct as of 16 April 2016.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2012-
2010–12
2009–10
Australia
Australia U-20
Australia Schoolboys
15
9
(0)
(10)
correct as of 17 November 2013.
Liam Gill
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's Rugby sevens
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi Rugby 7's

Liam Gill is a professional rugby union player for the Queensland Reds.[2] He was born in Melbourne and lived in the United States before playing junior Rugby in Adelaide for the Old Collegians.[3]

He attended Gregory Terrace, a private school in Brisbane. He was not only captain of the first 15 in 2009 but also school vice-captain. At school he was compared to a fellow number 7 in Gerry Cross (St Patricks School Captain and flanker for the first 15 1972).

In 2010, he became the youngest ever to player to compete in the IRB Junior World Championship during which his Australian side lost to New Zealand in the final.[4] He was a member of the Australia U20s team that competed in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship, along with fellow Queenslanders: Joel Faulkner, Tevita Kuridrani, Matt Lucas, Simon Morahan, Eddie Quirk, Siliva Siliva, Dom Shipperley, and Kimami Sitauti. He was named captain of the Australia U20s side that competed in the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.[4]

In 2012, Gill made his debut for the Australian Rugby Team, the 'Wallabies'. As well as being that year's Australian Under-20 captain, Gill became the 861st player to have represented Australia.

References

  1. Profile, rugby.com.au; accessed 15 September 2014.
  2. Harris, Bret (14 February 2012). "Liam Gill is seen as the emerging No 7 in Australian rugby". Australian. News. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  3. "Liam Gill". Player Profile. QLD Reds. 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  4. 1 2 "JWC 2012: Twenty players to watch".

External links

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