Marc Stcherbina
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| Full name | Marc Stcherbina | ||||||
| Date of birth | 7 December 1976 | ||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 14 st 7 lb (92 kg) | ||||||
| School | Sydney Boys High School | ||||||
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Marc Stcherbina (born 7 December 1976 in Sydney) is a retired Australian rugby union player who last played for Newport Gwent Dragons. He was educated at Sydney Boys High School. He also played for the Waratahs, Northampton, and Cardiff Blues.
He captained Australian schoolboys, He is one of the few players to make three Australian schoolboy teams and captained the team in 1994 and 1995 Also playing for Australia 7's and Australia A . He represented Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
He played most of his Super 12 Rugby on the Wing for the NSW Waratahs. In his last season The Waratahs came 3rd in the Super 12, After this he Switched codes and played for the Rugby League team Manly Cannons in 2002. However this was short lived, at the end of the season he moved to French side Biarritz where he switched to centre. But after just one season decided to move to Northampton for the 04-05 season. He started 29 games for them that season, the most appearances of any player that season.
Due to Carlos Spencer joining Northampton, Guinness Premiership rules allowed only one overseas player on the pitch at a time Stcherbina could not get much first team rugby hence in 2006 he moved to Cardiff Blues. He moved to Newport Gwent Dragons for the 2008-09 season. However, in December 2008 Stcherbina suffered a serious neck injury playing for the Dragons in Toulouse, and did not play for the rest of the season.[1] Despite making a good recovery, he announced his retirement on medical advice on 9 June 2009.[2]
Recently, Stcherbina has moved into coaching. He is currently working with Santa Monica Rugby Club in the United States.[3]
References
- ↑ Stcherbina admits paralysis fear - BBC Sport
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.santamonicarugby.com/men/
External links
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- Living people
- Australian rugby union players
- Northampton Saints players
- Cardiff Blues players
- Newport Gwent Dragons players
- Biarritz Olympique players
- People educated at Sydney Boys High School
- Australian international rugby sevens players
