John Brass (born 1946, Sydney) is an Australian rugby union and rugby league player - a dual international. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games 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 1 occasion. The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in Rugby union.
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Rugby union career
His junior football was with the South Coogee juniors. He was educated at Sydney Boys High School and went onto to play first grade rugby with the Randwick rugby club in their premiership winning sides of 1965 to 1967. Sydney Boys High School is an academically selective Secondary school for boys located in the City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens.
He won national selection with the Wallabies in 1966 playing Tests against the British Isles at home. The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in Rugby union. In 1967-68 and 1968-69 he was selected on Wallaby overseas tours where he made further test appearances.
Rugby league career
Switching to rugby league in 1969 he joined the Eastern Suburbs club on a then record contract of A$30,000 pa. The Sydney Roosters is a professional Rugby league club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia.
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. The New South Wales Rugby League team represents the state of New South Wales annually in the Rugby League State of Origin competition against arch-rivals 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. Phil Hawthorne (1943-1994 was an Australian Rugby league and Rugby union player - a dual international
For family reasons, he made himself unavailable for the 1972 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. The Rugby League World Cup is an international competition contested by the men's national rugby league teams of the member nations of the Rugby League International Kangaroo Tour is the name given to Australian Rugby league tours of Great Britain and France
He was part of the Roosters' premiership winning sides of 1974 and 1975, kicking two goals in the 1974 Grand Final and two tries in the 1975 decider. The Sydney Roosters is a professional Rugby league club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia.
Post playing
Brass coached the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the Queensland Rugby League competition in 1977-78. History of the QRL Associated Article: Brisbane Rugby League The Queensland Rugby Football League (QRFL was formed in 1908 by seven He had a long career in shopping centre management. In 1995 he was asked to join the board of Super League and remained on the Board when the truce between the warring factions was called in 1997 and the National Rugby League was formed. This article details the year of rugby league run by Super League (Australia.
Sources
- Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney
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