Andy Marinos

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Andy Marinos
Personal information
Full nameAndrew William Nicko Marinos
Born (1972-11-13) 13 November 1972 (age 49)
Salisbury, Rhodesia
(today Harare, Zimbabwe)
Playing information
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight15 st 1 lb (96 kg)
Rugby league
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1996 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Stormers
1999–04 Newport GD 97 24 0 0 120
Total 97 24 0 0 120
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2002–03 Wales 8 1 0 0 5
Source: [1][2]

Andy Marinos is a former rugby footballer who played rugby league and rugby union professionally and represented Wales at rugby union.

Rugby league career[]

Marinos signed for Australian rugby league club the Sydney Bulldogs in 1996, playing in one match.[2] In 1997, he represented South Africa at the Super League World Nines.

Rugby union career[]

A centre, Marinos played for the Stormers, Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons. He also represented Wales.[3]

Administration[]

He later worked as the CEO of Rodney Parade, before returning to South Africa in 2005.[4]

He was the CEO of SANZAAR, a rugby committee in charge of expanding and maintaining the game of rugby union in South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina since late 2015.[5]

In December 2020 Marinos was announced as chief executive officer of Rugby Australia. He took over the position from interim CEO Rob Clarke in February 2021.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Andy Marinos espnscrum.com
  2. ^ a b Andy Marinos rugbyleagueproject.org
  3. ^ Andy Marinos Archived 16 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine Newport Gwent Dragons
  4. ^ Andy Marinos Archived 17 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Black and Ambers
  5. ^ a b Decent, Tom (23 December 2020). "'He's rugby to the core': Marinos named new Rugby Australia CEO". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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