Mick Aldous

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Mick Aldous
Personal information
Full nameMichael Aldous
Born (1960-11-26) 26 November 1960 (age 62)
Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position Fullback, Centre, Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1984–85 Canberra Raiders 2590036
Coaching information
Representative
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
2004 France 730443
Source: [1] [2]
As of 10 October 2023

Michael Aldous (born 26 November 1960) is a former Canberra Raiders rugby league footballer and representative coach of French national rugby league team.

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Playing career

Raised in Nowra, New South Wales Aldous attended St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill in Sydney and played in the school's rugby union First XV in 1977 & 1978 at five-eighth. He represented at GPS level in both those years and in a New South Wales Schoolboy side in 1978. [3] He was also an excellent schoolboy cricketer captaining St Joseph's, GPS and NSW schoolboy representative cricket XIs in 1978/79 before a career in first grade cricket for the Waverley club in Sydney, as a wicketkeeper batsman. [3]

His professional rugby league career was with the Canberra Raiders. He made twenty-five first grade appearances between 1984 and 1985 as a versatile back at centre , wing and fullback. [4]

Post playing

After injury, caused an early retirement Aldous became an Australian Schoolboys coach in rugby league and took a job as a Development Officer with the NSWRL.

In 2004, Aldous moved to France as a coaching consultant to the French Rugby League Federation. In November 2004, he coached France to a competitive 52–30 loss to the Kangaroos and a 24–20 loss to the Kiwis in Carcassonne. [5]

From 2006 to 2017 he worked as Recruitment Coordinator for the Canberra Raiders. Aldous worked as a secondary school teacher of PDHPE, and Design and Technology at the selective high school Sydney Boys High School. [6] [7]

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References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Mick Aldous - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Rugby League Project
  3. 1 2 St Joseph's College Magazine 1978
  4. ↑ Whiticker/Hudson p 4
  5. ↑ "France come in from the cold - League - www.smh.com.au". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  6. ↑ http://www.sydneyboyshigh.com/publications/high-notes/archive/vol9no27 Coach of the Week: Mick Aldous
  7. ↑ http://www.sydneyboyshigh.com/publications/document-library/doc_view/7701-high-notes-vol-9-no-1-february-01-2008 Mick Aldous Industrial Arts.

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