Maurice Longbottom

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Maurice Longbottom
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Longbottom representing Australia during the Oktoberfest Sevens
Date of birth (1995-01-30) 30 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth La Perouse, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)
School Matraville Sports High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half, Fullback
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020 Randwick 8 (25)
Correct as of 1 December 2023
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2017– Australia 45
Correct as of 1 December 2023

Maurice Longbottom (born 30 January 1995) is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a back for the Australia national sevens team. [1]

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International career

Longbottom played some matches for the South Sydney Rabbitohs junior squad, but was described as "too small for senior footy". [2] [3] Longbottom's performance in the Oktoberfest Sevens drew the attention of Australia rugby sevens team coach Andy Friend. [4]

Longbottom was a member of the Australian men's rugby sevens squad at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team came third in their pool round and then lost to Fiji 19-0 in the quarterfinal. [5] He competed for Australia at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [6] [7]

In 2024, He was named in Australia's squad for the Summer Olympics in Paris. [8] [9]

Personal life

Longbottom is a Dharawal. [10] He once expressed that he wants to inspire the next generation of Indigenous athletes. [11]

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  10. ""I get to show Indigenous kids in my community that no dream is too big, if you put in the work to get there."". Australian Olympic Committee. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
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