Lachlan Anderson (born 27 August 1997) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer who plays wing for Super Rugby franchise the Rebels and the Australia national rugby sevens team.[1][2][3] In his early career, he was selected to play in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championships for Australia and plays for Shute Shield club Eastwood.
| Date of birth | 27 August 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Baulkham Hills, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anderson grew up in Baulkham Hills and played rugby for Dural rugby club. He was educated at Oakhill College where he played rugby and captained the first XV, the top representative team in secondary school with rugby league player Ryan Papenhuyzen.[4] In rugby sevens he made his World Rugby Sevens Series debut in Sydney in 2017. Anderson has also represented his country at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[5]
Anderson was a member of the Australian men's rugby seven's squad at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team came third in their pool round and then lost to Fiji 19-nil in the quarterfinal.[6]
Super Rugby statistics
edit- As of 3 June 2023[7]
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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| 2020 AU | Rebels | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 AU | Rebels | 4 | 4 | 0 | 279 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 TT | Rebels | 3 | 2 | 1 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Rebels | 2 | 2 | 0 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Rebels | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1,100 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 24 | 22 | 2 | 1,688 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | |
References
edit- ^ "Rebels snare Sevens stars" (Press release). Melbourne Rebels. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Sevens duo to join Rebels for Super Rugby AU". Rugby.com.au. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Rebels sign sevens stars for Super restart". Nambucca Guardian. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Rugby Union".
- ^ "Lachlan Anderson Results | Commonwealth Games Australia". commonwealthgames.com.au. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Player Statistics". It's Rugby.
External links
edit- Lachie Anderson at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Lachie Anderson at Rugby AU.com.au
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