Adam "AJ" Whalley (born 20 May 1982) is an Australian former professional rugby union player.
| Full name | Adam Whalley | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 May 1982 | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 117 kg (258 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Whalley grew up in the New South Wales city of Grafton and was an Australian under-21 representative as a loose forward.[1] He played rugby for Warringah and after switching to the front row had two months with English club Bristol Shogun in late 2004, a stint organised by Bob Dwyer and funded by the Waratahs to give him experience.[2]
Signed by the Western Force, Whalley relocated to Perth in 2005 and the following year undertook a tour of South Africa with the team. He didn't feature for the Force in their inaugural Super 14 season in 2006, spending a long period sidelined by a thumb injury, before breaking into the lineup in 2007 with seven appearances.[3] Over the next two years, Whalley was a regular for the Force, then spent a season in France with US Dax before leaving professional rugby.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ "Force's good luck charm". Daily Examiner. The Daily Telegraph. 12 March 2007.
- ^ "AJ pulls on the boots for Bristol". Daily Examiner. The Daily Telegraph. 9 November 2004.
- ^ "AJ's bad break". Daily Examiner. The Daily Telegraph. 11 April 2006.
- ^ "New deal for Whalley". Sky Sports. 10 April 2008.
- ^ "Dax : Whalley aura du retard". Rugbyrama (in French). 30 April 2010.
External links
edit- AJ Whalley at ESPNscrum