Elton Flatley

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Elton Flatley
Birth nameElton Flatley
Date of birth (1977-05-07) 7 May 1977 (age 47)
St. Joseph's Nudgee College
Rugby union career
Position(s)
inside centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1996–2006 Queensland Reds 114 (609)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1997–2005 Australia 38 (187)

Elton Flatley (born 7 May 1977, Tamworth, New South Wales) is a former Australian international rugby union footballer. He played for the Queensland Reds.[4]

Career

Flatley was educated at

Twickenham on 15 November, aged 20. The game was a 15–15 draw. Flatley was again in the team for the next game against Scotland, which Australia won. In 2001, he was a member of the Wallabies team that won the test series against the British & Irish Lions during the 2001 tour to Australia.[5]

Flatley figured prominently in Australia's

Sharks in Durban
. Flatley prematurely retired from all forms of rugby on 16 March 2006, on medical advice as he was suffering from continued blurred vision due to a number of concussions.

Personal life

Flatley has two children with his wife, whom he separated from in 2007.

Australian Celebrity Survivor: Vanuatu.[9]

Post retirement

Flatley works as a promotional speaker, and works in the finance industry.

Australian Rugby Union (now known as Rugby Australia) as a consultant.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Elton James Flatley".
  2. ^ "Elton James Flatley".
  3. Australian Rugby Union. Archived from the original
    on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Elton James Flatley".
  5. ^ "Injury forces Flatley to retire". 16 March 2006.
  6. ^ "Elton James Flatley".
  7. ^ "Rugby Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".
  8. ^ "Former Wallaby in court". 22 November 2007.
  9. ^ "Former Wallaby in court". 22 November 2007.
  10. ^ "Elton Flatley - Ovations | Ovations". Archived from the original on 11 May 2013.
  11. ^ "Elton Flatley".
  12. ^ Amyremeikis, By (10 October 2007). "Elton's Wallaby woes". The Courier Mail.

External links

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