Brett Robinson (rugby Union)
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Brett Robinson (born 24 January 1970) is an Australian
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administrator and a former player for the Australia national team, the Wallabies. He was elected Chair of
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in November 2024, becoming the first person from the Southern Hemisphere to hold that position. Robinson was captain of the
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team in the
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competition and played 16
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for
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. He attended Downlands College in Toowoomba.


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* Living people 1970 births Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players ACT Brumbies players Rugby union flankers Rugby union players from Toowoomba 1999 Rugby World Cup players People educated at Downlands College Queensland rugby union team players Oxford University RFC players {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-1970s-stub