Andy Marinos is a Zimbabwean former rugby footballer who played rugby league and rugby union professionally and represented Wales at rugby union.
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| Full name | Andrew William Nicko Marinos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 November 1972 Salisbury, Rhodesia (today Harare, Zimbabwe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 15 st 1 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league career
editMarinos 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
editA centre, Marinos played for the Stormers, Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons. He also represented Wales.[3]
Administration
editHe 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
edit- ^ Andy Marinos ESPNscrum
- ^ a b Andy Marinos rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ Andy Marinos Archived 16 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine Newport Gwent Dragons
- ^ Andy Marinos Archived 17 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Black and Ambers
- ^ 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.