John Thornett (born 30 March 1935) is a former Australian rugby union player, having played 37 Tests for Australia between 1955 and 1967. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in Rugby union. He captained Australia on four of the eight occasions that he went on tour.
Thornett was born in Sydney) and was educated at Sydney Boys High School, where he was School Captain and was a champion swimmer. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Sydney Boys High School is an academically selective Secondary school for boys located in the City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales School Captain is a Student Elected, or Appointed, to represent the School. He went on to play rugby for both the Sydney University and Northern Suburbs clubs. In 1954 he toured with the Australian Universities team to New Zealand. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island In 1955 he first played for New South Wales. That same year he debuted for Australia. The following year he again toured with the Australian Universities side, going to Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. He played for the Wallabies and went on numerous tours all through the late fifties and sixties.
He was the second Australian player, after Nicholas Shehadie, to play 100 games for his country. Sir Nicholas Michael Shehadie, AC, OBE, (born 15 November 1926) is the former Lord Mayor of Sydney (1973–1975 and ex-Captain in [1] He also represented New South Wales at water polo in the mid to late 1950s. Water polo is a team water sport A team consists of six field players and one Goalkeeper. His brothers Dick and Ken were also champion sportsmen. Dick Thornett is a former Australian Rugby league and Rugby union player - a dual code international representative Ken Thornett is a former Australian Rugby league player He represented for the Kangaroos in 12 Tests in 1963-64 and on the 1963-64 Kangaroo Tour Dick represented for Australia at water polo and both rugby codes while Ken represented at rugby league.
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