John Brass
| Full name | John Brass | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 October 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales | ||
| School | Sydney Boys High School | ||
| Rugby league career | |||
| Position | Centre, Five-eighth | ||
| Professional clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1969-76 | Eastern Suburbs | 142 | (722) |
| State Representation | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1970 | New South Wales | 2 | (6) |
| National teams | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1970 & 1975 | Australia | 6 | (0) |
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Five-eighth | ||
| Amateur clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| 1965-1988 | Randwick DRUFC | ||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1966-68 | Australia | 12 | |
John Brass (born 1946, Sydney) is an Australian former rugby union and rugby league footballer - a dual-code international. He made twelve international representative rugby union appearances with the Wallabies from 1966–68 and six representative rugby league appearances for the Kangaroos in 1970 and 1975, as national captain on one occasion.
His junior football was with the South Coogee juniors. He was educated at Sydney Boys High School, graduating in 1963 and went on to play first grade rugby with the Randwick rugby club in their premiership winning sides of 1965 to 1967.
He won national selection with the Wallabies in 1966 playing Tests against the British Isles at home. In 1966-67 and 1968-69 he was selected on Wallaby overseas tours where he made further Test appearances.
Switching to rugby league in 1969 he joined the Eastern Suburbs club on a then record contract of A$30,000 pa.
In 1970, he was made captain of the Roosters' first grade side and was selected for New South Wales in the interstate series against Queensland.
He represented Australia in rugby league in all three Tests against Great Britain in 1970. His international rugby league debut against Great Britain in Brisbane on 6 June 1970 alongside Phil Hawthorne saw them together become Australia's 32nd and 33rd dual code rugby internationals.
For family reasons, he made himself unavailable for the 1972 Rugby League World Cup and the 1973 Kangaroo Tour but he was selected for the 1975 World Cup series and captained Australia to victory in a game against New Zealand in that campaign. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.440.
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