Nev Cottrell
| Birth name | Neville Vincent Cottrell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 March 1927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 20 June 2014 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Laurence's College Brisbane[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neville Cottrell (1927–2014) was an Australian rugby union footballer. A Queensland and national representative forward, he played fourteen Test matches for Australia, two as captain.[2]
Early life
Cottrell was born in
Representative rugby career
His state representative debut was made for
In 1949 he toured with
He made seven further Test appearances, three in a 1951 home series against the All Blacks under the captaincy of
Accolades
Cottrell was the first hooker to captain Australia and upon Cottrell's retirement only Eddie Bonis in the 1930s had made more Test appearances at hooker.[1]
Howell quotes the Australian sports journalist Jack Pollard who wrote :
Before each game, he excluded everything but the approaching challenges from his mind. He talked of nothing else, pacing his hotel room hitting his hands together, grunting in a most aggressive manner. He maintained it at meals and kept muttering to himself and when the whistle went he played like a runaway train. It was frightening to even sleep with him during this pre-match period but after the game he relaxed and joined in socialising with gusto.[1]
— Jack Pollard, Australian Rugby (1994)
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Published references
- Howell, Max (2005) Born to Lead - Wallaby Test Captains, Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ