Bill Meakes

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Bill Meakes
BornWilliam Meakes
(1991-02-23) 23 February 1991 (age 35)
Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight93 kg (14 st 9 lb; 205 lb)
SchoolSt Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
Rugby union career
Position Centre
Current team RFCLA
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–2012 Northern Suburbs
2013 Randwick
2013–2014 Clifton
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2016 Gloucester 45 (25)
2016–2017 Perth Spirit 11 (16)
2018 Melbourne Rising 4 (10)
2020–2021 London Irish 7 (0)
2021–2022 LA Giltinis 27 (25)
2023–2024 Chicago Hounds 30 (10)
2025– RFCLA 13 (30)
Correct as of 8 July 2025[1]
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017 Western Force 14 (5)
2018–2020 Rebels 47 (55)
Correct as of 24 October 2020
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011 Australia U20 4 (0)
Correct as of 24 February 2021
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2011–2022 Australia 5
Correct as of 8 July 2025

Bill Meakes (born 23 February 1991) is an Australian professional rugby union player currently playing for RFCLA in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also has represented Australia in rugby sevens. His usual position is centre.

Meakes was previously contracted to the Western Force in Perth and Gloucester in the English Premiership. He also played for the LA Giltinis and Chicago Hounds in the MLR.

Early life

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Meakes was born in Manly on Sydney's Northern Beaches. He attended St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill [2] and during his final year there in 2008 was selected to represent New South Wales at the Australian Schools Rugby Championships.[3]

Rugby career

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Meakes played his club rugby at Northern Suburbs [2] and then Randwick. In 2011 he played for the Australia U20 team that finished third at the IRB Junior World Championship, defeating France by 30–17 in the third place playoff. He was also capped for Australia sevens, playing in the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series.

In 2013, Meakes moved to England as he played for Clifton RFC, a local rugby union club based in Bristol. In early 2014, Meakes linked up with Gloucester Rugby having played for Clifton since his arrival in the UK as a non-contracted player.[4] He did enough to earn an academy contract for the 2014–15 season. On 15 January 2015, Meakes signed his first professional contract with Gloucester since his move to the English club became permanent.[5]

In 2016, Meakes was released from his contract with Gloucester to make his debut in Super Rugby with Perth-based Western Force from the 2017 season.[6]

Following a year with Western Force, Meakes signed with rivals Melbourne Rebels for both the 2018 and 2019 Super Rugby seasons.[7] He signed a one-year contract extension with the Rebels for the 2020 Super Rugby season.[8]

On 28 October 2020, Meakes returns to England to sign with Premiership side London Irish on a short-term deal until the end of January 2021 as injury cover.[9]

He joined Major League Rugby side LA Giltinis following his time at London Irish.[10] He competed for Australia at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[11][12]

Meakes has never played for the Wallabies.

Super Rugby statistics

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As of 12 September 2020 [13]
Season Team Games Start Sub Mins T C PG DG Pts YC RC
2017 Force 14 14 0 1074 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
2018 Rebels 16 10 6 959 4 0 0 0 20 2 0
2019 Rebels 16 14 2 1107 5 0 0 0 25 1 0
2020 Rebels 6 6 0 480 1 0 0 0 5 1 0
2020 AU Rebels 9 6 3 564 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Total 61 50 11 4184 12 0 0 0 60 4 0

Honours

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RFC Los Angeles
  • All Major League Ruby first team (2025)


References

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