Rocky Elsom

Rocky Elsom

Birth name	Rocky Elsom
Date of birth	(1983-02-14) 14 February 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight	112 kg (17 st 9 lb)[1]
School	St Joseph's College, Nudgee
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2008–2009 Leinster 21 (30) 2012 Kobelco Steelers 0 (0) 2013 Toulon 2 (0) 2014 Narbonne 4 (0) Correct as of 23 November 2014 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2003–2008 Waratahs 65 (50) 2010–2011 Brumbies 14 (15) 2012 Waratahs 5 (0) Correct as of 19 May 2012 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2000 Australian Schoolboys 2005–2011 Australia 75 (70) Correct as of 16 October 2011

Rocky Elsom (born 14 February 1983) is an Australian former rugby union player. He played the positions of flanker and number eight. He was selected for 75 caps for Australia and scored 75 points. He is the most capped Australian blindside flanker. Elsom was the 76th Australian test captain, having replaced Stirling Mortlock in 2009 for two years. He played for the Wallabies from 2005 until 2011. Elsom played professionally for New South Wales, Brumbies and Leinster.

Elsom is one of Australia's most decorated players, having won Herald Super 14 player of the year in 2007, Wallaby of the Year in 2008, European Player of the Year in 2009 and having been inducted into the European Cup Hall of Fame in 2010.^[2] He also holds the record for most tries by a Wallaby forward and is one of only a handful of Australians to win a Heineken Cup medal twice. Brian O'Driscoll once lauded Elsom as the best player in the world.^[3]