Maurice Longbottom

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Maurice Longbottom
Longbottom with Australia at the Oktoberfest Sevens
Born (1995-01-30) 30 January 1995 (age 31)
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)
SchoolMatraville Sports High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half, Fullback
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020 Randwick 8 (25)
2025โ€“ Kalinga Black Tigers 0 (0)
Correct as of 1 December 2023
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2017โ€“ Australia 45
Correct as of 1 December 2023

Maurice Longbottom (born 30 January 1995) is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a back for the Australia national sevens team.[1]

International career

[edit | edit source]

Longbottom played some matches for the South Sydney Rabbitohs junior squad, but was described as "too small for senior footy".[2][3] Longbottom's performance in the Oktoberfest Sevens drew the attention of Australia rugby sevens team coach Andy Friend.[4]

Longbottom was a member of the Australian men's rugby sevens squad at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team came third in their pool round and then lost to Fiji 19-0 in the quarterfinal.[5] He competed for Australia at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[6][7]

In 2024, He was named in Australia's squad for the Summer Olympics in Paris.[8][9]

Personal life

[edit | edit source]

Longbottom is a Dharawal.[10] He once expressed that he wants to inspire the next generation of Indigenous athletes.[11]

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  7. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  8. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  9. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  10. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  11. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
[edit | edit source]