Rocky Elsom
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| Full name | Rocky Elsom | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 14 February 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | St Joseph's College, Nudgee | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Flanker | ||||||||||||||||
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| Professional / senior clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2008–2009 2012 2013 2014 |
Leinster Kobe Steelers Toulon Narbonne |
21 0 2 4 |
(30) (0) (0) (0) |
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Correct as of 23 November 2014
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| Super Rugby | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2003–2008 2010–2011 2012 |
Waratahs Brumbies Waratahs |
65 14 5 |
(50) (15) (0) |
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Correct as of 19 May 2012
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| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2000 2005–2011 |
Australian Schoolboys Australia |
75 |
(70) |
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Correct as of 16 October 2011
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Rocky Elsom (born 14 February 1983) is a former Australian rugby union player. He plays the position of flanker, and won 75 caps for Australia. He is the most capped Australian blindside flanker and was the Wallabies' 76th test captain, having replaced Stirling Mortlock in 2009.
Elsom is one of Australia's most decorated players, having won Herald Super 14 player of the year in 2007, Wallaby of the year in 2008, European Player of the Year in 2009 and inducted into the European Cup Hall of Fame in 2010. He also holds the record for most tries by a Wallaby forward and is one of only a handful of Australians to win a Heineken Cup medal twice.
Once considered the best player in the world Elsom's playing career virtually ended after one incident, where a heavy tackle on a Stormers player in Cape Town, South Africa in 2012 left the 29 year old with a partially paralysed right arm.
Elsom's post rugby career started in spectacular fashion, taking over RCNM Racing Club Narbonne Mediterranean in 2013. RCNM's 2013/14 season, Elsom's first at the 110 year old club broke every major record in the club's history, except for highest individual point scorer and according to the LNR, occurred with the lowest player spend and lowest central funding in the league.
Elsom's low-cost, lightly-staffed, profitable model attracted the attention of the Qatar Investment Fund, with RCNM being pursued by its Chairman & CEO in 2015.
Elsom has had an international career spanning 75 matches along with 64 Super Rugby Caps and 21 caps for Dublin-based province Leinster. In his career Elsom has won NSW Waratah of the Year 2007, Herald Super 14 Player of the Year, Wallaby of the Year, Leinster Rugby Player of the Year, Magners League Player of the Year and European player of the Year. In 2010 Elsom was named at blindside flanker in a European dream team by the ERC to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the Heineken Cup, this came despite him only spending one season with Leinster such was his impact during the tournament that year. Elsom was also awarded the Waratah Medal for outstanding contribution to NSW Rugby in 2007. Elsom is one of only a handful of Australian players that have won a European Cup and is the only current top class test player to have been in the starting XV for every one of his 40 test caps. Elsom's career has not been without controversy with a couple of suspensions one of which was later overturned. Also a drawn-out feud with the ARU over the terms of his contract led to an unusual early release on 'compassionate grounds' to join Leinster in 2008. This resulted in Elsom being deemed 'unavailable' 2008 Wallaby Spring tour despite being named Wallaby of the Year 1 month earlier. 10 days after a 'Man of the Match' performance in Leinster's victory in the 2009 Heineken Cup Final against Leicester Tigers Elsom negotiated a return to Australia and the test arena agreeing to terms with the ARU and ACT Brumbies.
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