John Eales

John Eales

Height	2.00
Weight	115
School	Marist College Ashgrove
University	University of Queensland
Occupation(s)	CEO John Eales 5 Australia Rugby Consultant
Rugby union career
Position(s) Template:Lock Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1989-1996 Brothers Rugby Club () Correct as of 7 August 2001 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1990-2001 Queensland Reds 112 () Correct as of 7 August 2006 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 1996-2001 Queensland Reds (402) Correct as of 7 August 2006 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1991-2001 Australia 86 (173) Correct as of 7 August 2006

John Eales (born 27 June 1970) is a former Australian rugby union footballer and arguably the most successful captain in the history of Australian Rugby. His 52-cap reign as captain marked an era of Australian success in world rugby. Eales played a major part in Australia’s victories at the Rugby World Cup twice in his illustrious career, first in 1991, and later skippering his country to victory in 1999

Eales played Template:Lock for Queensland Reds and Australia. Nicknamed by the media as "Nobody" because "nobody's perfect". He has also given his name to the John Eales Medal, annually awarded to the best Australian rugby union player.

John Eales completed his degree in economics at the University of Queensland prior to taking to the international rugby stage, and is now a successful CEO of his own corporate hospitality company, as well as a financial consultant, leadership coach and media columnist.

Statistics

• John Eales scored 173 points for Australia which come from 2 tries, 34 penalties & 31 conversions, a total which places him 8th on the all-time scoring list for Australia. He is the highest scoring forward in test rugby history and only one of two forwards to have ever surpassed 100 points in test rugby. This is because of his being a goal kicker, which is unusual for a forward, his two tries are unremarkable even for a forward. His memorable kicks include a sideline penalty goal in the final minutes of a 2000 test to win the Bledisloe Cup against New Zealand.

• Eales captained Australia a record 55 times. Only Will Carling has been an international captain in more games than Eales. Eales' 86 caps make him the most capped forward in Australia’s test rugby history and joint 4th on the overall list (level with Joe Roff, with Stephen Larkham, David Campese and world all-time caps leader George Gregan ahead of him).

• Eales is one of only 21 players to have represented the Queensland Reds in 100 or more state games. He represented his state in 112 games.

• He is one of five players to have won the Rugby World Cup twice. The others are Dan Crowley, Phil Kearns, Jason Little and Tim Horan.

• The third most capped lock of all time, with 84 test appearances in that position (his other two tests were as a Template:Number 8). He is surpassed by only Welsh Gareth Llewellyn and French captain Fabien Pelous, with both Malcolm O'Kelly of Ireland and Scott Murray of Scotland currently trailing Eales by one test.

• Eales scored a total of 402 points in the Super 12 competition with 6 tries, 66 conversions and 80 penalties for the Queensland Reds. No forward has scored more points than him in the competition's history.

• In his youth, Eales was also a very talented cricket all-rounder, and played in the Queensland Schoolboys team alongside then future Australian batsman and Allan Border medalist Matthew Hayden.

Learning From Legends

John Eales has written a book, 'Learning From Legends'.

The book has a foreword by Australian Prime Minister John Howard and talks about different legends of Australian Sport. The 'Legends' include racing driver, the late Peter Brock, and swimmer Grant Hackett.

References

John Eales: The Biography by Peter Fitzsimons (2001)

External links

• http://www.johneales5.com/
• Sporting Heroes Profile
• "The Goal is Success" - Guest editor MyCareer Sydney Morning Herald 11th November 2006

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