Date of birth | 29 April 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Canberra, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 122 kg (269 lb; 19 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Canberra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Vanja Temimovic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ross also represented Australia under 20 at the 2018 Oceania u20s Championship [2] and the 2018 World u20s Championship, where he was "one of the Wallabies most impressive performers in the tournament". [3] He was educated at Canberra's Daramalan College, and represented ACT u17s in 2015, captaining the side to victory in the 2015 Gold Cup final. [4]
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