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| Full name | Brendan Robert Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 September 1966 Canberra, A.C.T, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth, Centre, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||
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