Gary Pearse
| Full name | Gary Keith Pearse | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 February 1953 Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Gary Keith Pearse (born 8 February 1953) is an Australian rugby union commentator[1] and former international player.[2]
Pearse was born in Sydney and educated at Maroubra Bay High School, during which time he played as a centre.[3]
During the late 1970s, Pearse was capped nine times as a flanker for the Wallabies. On the 1975–76 tour of Britain and Ireland, he made his Test debut off the bench against Wales in Cardiff, then was the starting flanker in a win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road. He later returned to Europe to play rugby for Italian club Lazio and also played two seasons with Durban High School Old Boys. In his final Test appearance, against the All Blacks in 1978, he scored his fourth Wallabies try in a rare win at Eden Park. He captained the Wallabies twice that tour in uncapped matches.[3]
Pearse is a former Chief Executive of New South Wales Rugby Union.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Doherty, Peta, Becker, Joshua, and Hunt, Jen (10 January 2019). "John Thornett, the 'inspiring, gritty, and outstanding' Wallabies leader, celebrated at South Coast NSW funeral". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Smyth, Ben (9 September 2022). "Former Wallaby recalls special 1975 visit to Buckingham Palace". Bega District News.
- 1 2 "Gary Keith Pearse". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ↑ "Pearse takes union's hot seat". The Canberra Times. 16 September 1989. p. 13 (Section D) – via National Library of Australia.
External links
[edit]- Gary Pearse at ESPNscrum (archived)
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Sydney
- Rugby union flankers
- Australian rugby union executives
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- New South Wales rugby union team players
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian rugby union commentators