Dom Shipperley

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Dom Shipperley
Birth nameDominic Shipperley
Date of birth (1991-01-04) 4 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight94 kg (14 st 11 lb; 207 lb)
School St Joseph's College, Nudgee
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, Fullback
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015−2016 Melbourne Rising 10 (10)
Correct as of 15 October 2016
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011−2014 Reds 44 (65)
2015−2016 Rebels 19 (25)
Correct as of 6 November 2017
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012 Australia 3 (0)
2010 Australia U20 4 (15)
2008 Australian Schools
Correct as of 30 September 2012
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2010 Australia 3

Dominic Shipperley (born 4 January 1991) is a retired professional rugby union footballer who played for the Australian national team in both test rugby and rugby sevens. In Super Rugby, he played four seasons with the Queensland Reds from 2011 to 2014, and a further two seasons for the Melbourne Rebels. His regular playing position was wing.

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Early life

Shipperley was born in Redcliffe, Queensland. He attended St Joseph's College, Nudgee and in 2008 received an OP1 which is the highest possible mark that can be achieved in the Queensland Certificate of Education. [1] He played for the Australian Schoolboys rugby team in 2008, [2] and with the Brothers club in Brisbane.

Rugby career

Shipperley was selected for the Australian Sevens squad during the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series, playing in the Wellington, Adelaide, and Hong Kong tournaments in the team which finished the series in third place. [1] [3]

As a member of the Australia under 20 team that competed in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship in Argentina, he scored a hat-trick of tries in the team's win against South Africa, with Australia finishing runner-up in the tournament. [1] [4] He was also selected for the Under 20s squad in 2011, but did not travel to the tournament due to his Super Rugby commitments with the Queensland Reds. [1] [5]

Shipperley made his Super Rugby debut for the Reds during the 2011 Super Rugby season against the Hurricanes. [6] His breakthrough year came in 2012, beginning in the first game of the Reds' season with his last-minute match winning try against the Waratahs. A 75-metre sprint beating six defenders to score ended a nine-year losing drought for the Reds in Sydney and earned Shipperley the Super Rugby Try of the Year accolade. [1] He started in all 17 matches for the Reds in 2012, [6] and won the Most Improved Player award for the Reds. [1]

Later in 2012 Shipperley received a starting Test debut for Australia against South Africa for the match in Perth after an injury forced out winger Drew Mitchell. [1] He went on to gain two further caps in the 2012 Rugby Championship. [7]

In June 2014 he signed a two-year deal to join the Melbourne Rebels beginning in 2015. [8] A few weeks later, while playing for the Reds against the Rebels, he suffered a badly fractured and dislocated ankle requiring surgery. [9] Shipperley managed to recover from that injury for the Rebels' opening game of the season, however, playing in a famous 20–10 away win against the Crusaders in Christchurch, [10] [11] He went on to score four tries from twelve Super Rugby matches in 2015. [12]

Shipperley continued his good form for the Rebels in 2016, but missed the second half of the Super Rugby season due to a knee injury. [13] Later that year he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament during the 2016 National Rugby Championship semi-final, forcing him out of all rugby for 2017. [14]

He was initially included in the Rebels' extended playing squad for 2018, [15] and played in the Brisbane Global Rugby Tens before a further knee injury prompted his retirement from rugby in the early part of the 2018 season. [16]

Super Rugby statistics

As of 15 July 2018 [12]
SeasonTeamGamesStartsSubMinsTriesConsPensDropsPointsYelRed
2011 Reds 62427420001000
2012 Reds 17170136080004000
2013 Reds 11836211000500
2014 Reds 108259820001000
2015 Rebels 1212096040002000
2016 Rebels 7704781000500
2017 Rebels 00000000000
2018 Rebels 00000000000
Total635494291180009000

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  2. ↑ "Nurseries of Australian Schoolboys' Rugby" (PDF). Australian Schools Rugby Union. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF 0.8 MB) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
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