Adam Freier (born 20 March 1980) is a former

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footballer. In

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he played for the in the

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competition, and retired at the end of 2012 from professional rugby. In 2015 he came out of retirement to play Shute Shield for Randwick until this day. His usual playing position is hooker.

Playing career

Son of Sydney

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footballer and coach

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born 20 March 1980, in Paddington,

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, he made the Australian Schoolboys in 1998 as well as the under-19s, which he captained the following year. In 2000 he signed with the and made his state debut against

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. He went on to play for the Australian under-21s, including captaining them at the 2001 under-21 Rugby Championships, in which they finished runner-up to New Zealand. He made his debut for the Wallabies in 2002, in a Test against

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/ref> Freier left the Brumbies and signed with the for the 2003 season, and was selected to captain the Waratahs tour of Argentina in post-season 2004, and was voted player of the tour. In 2005 he was selected for the final match of the 2005 Tri Nations Series. After he was selected as the run-on hooker in the second Cook Cup match in 2006. In April 2010 Freier signed on with the for the 2011 season of

. Freier told the ''

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'' his reasons for approaching the Rebels included: "Mutual respect, a coach he admires, the challenge of new team." Freier was sidelined in September due to complications from a 2008 back injury. Rebels coach

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reported Frier to be undergoing rehabilitation. Frier wasn't fit to compete in pre-season trials against teams from Tonga and Fiji, and the

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from New Zealand; he remained in doubt for the Rebels' season opener against the Waratahs. Freier played three Rebels games for the

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. In May

, he expected to play his 100th Super Rugby game. In 2019, he played one game for Randwick against Argentina.

Journalism

Freier writes about the Wallabies, Melbourne's crowded sporting landscape, and his own squad the Melbourne Rebels.

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publishes his articles in the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' and/or the Melbourne ''

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''. Freier is also a regular panellist on the ABC Offsiders sports program.

Rugby Union Players Association

Freier is president of RUPA, the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Freier, Adam 1980 births Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players ACT Brumbies players New South Wales Waratahs players Living people Rugby union hookers Melbourne Rebels players Rugby union players from Sydney People educated at Waverley College Randwick DRUFC players 21st-century Australian sportsmen