John Edward Thornett, MBE[2] (30 March 1935 – 4 January 2019) was an Australian rugby union player, who played 37 Tests for Australia between 1955 and 1967 and made an additional 77 representative match appearances. He captained Australia in 16 Test matches and on an additional 47 tour matches on the eight international rugby tours he made with Wallaby squads.
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highlights of the successful "Thornett Era" of Australian Rugby, buoyed by the leadership skills of skipper JohnThornett and the outstanding skills of...
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defeating France 35 to 12 in the final. After the international retirement of John Eales in 2001, Gregan became the Wallabies captain. He was an obvious choice...
2005 Tom Richards Colin Windon JohnThornett Ken Catchpole Mark Ella 2006 Cyril Towers Sir Nicholas Shehadie John Hipwell 2007 Tom Lawton, Snr Mark Loane...
drop-goal in a match. The climax of the commercial features then-captain John Eales, as well as Matt Burke, Kearns and MacQueen each saying "Don't kick...
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2005 Tom Richards Colin Windon JohnThornett Ken Catchpole Mark Ella 2006 Cyril Towers Sir Nicholas Shehadie John Hipwell 2007 Tom Lawton, Snr Mark Loane...
Delfina Sport". It's an Honour Retrieved 11 May 2018 "David Pocock wins 2018 John Eales Medal in a landslide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 October 2018....
Taylor and Johnny Taylor; brothers Dick Thornett and JohnThornett; brothers. A further brother, Ken Thornett, represented Australia at rugby league Colin...
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rugby career began at Toowoomba's Downlands College under First XV coach John Elders, a former coach of England. The Downlands First XV of 1987 was undefeated...
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