Peter Sullivan (rugby union)
| Full name | Peter David Sullivan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 March 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Newcastle, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Chatswood Boys High | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Second row forward | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1974 | St George Dragons | 1 | () |
| Position(s) | Flanker | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1966-73 | New South Wales | 18 | () |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1971-1973 |
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Peter David Sullivan (born 1948) is an Australian former national representative rugby union player. He represented for New South Wales and Australia, captaining the national side on eleven occasions from 1972 to 1973.
Sullivan was schooled at Chatswood Boys High School and played his early rugby at the Forest Rugby Club in Forestville. His senior rugby started in Wollongong and in his first season of first grade and scarcely eighteen he was selected for the Illawarra region and from there he was selected for New South Wales after just six senior games. Howell writes that following state selection at such a young age, he found himself a marked man at club level and "injuries followed, his form deteriorated and his confidence with it" He did not represent again until 1970.
In 1969 Sullivan relocated to Sydney and joined the Gordon Rugby Club. He spent some time in reserve grade in that first season in Sydney first grade but in 1970 he regained his state position in a match against Scotland and he represented for Sydney against those same visitors.
In 1970 Sullivan appeared for New South Wales against the visiting British Lions and later that year when South Africa also toured, Sullivan was selected to meet them for Sydney, New South Wales and in three Test matches for Australia. He made the 1971 Australia rugby union tour of France and played in both Test matches, experiencing his first Wallaby victory in the first Test.
In 1972 he played in both home Test matches against the visiting French and he toured under captain Greg Davis on the 1972 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand and Fiji. He was injured and had to be replaced in the games against North Otago and in the first Test match.Howell writes that the seven loss & five win result of the tour was "a disaster and occasioned Davis' retirement". An injury picked up in New Zealand prevented Davis from leading the side in the Test match in Fiji on the way home and Sullivan debuted as an Australian Test captain in the Wallabies' narrow 21-19 victory against Fiji. He had already captained the side in two mid-week games during the New Zealand leg.
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