Marc Stcherbina
| Birth name | Marc Stcherbina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 December 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 14 st 7 lb (92 kg; 203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Sydney Boys High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Stcherbina (born 7 December 1976, in Sydney) is an Australian retired rugby union player who last played for Newport Gwent Dragons. He was educated at Sydney Boys High School, and then University of New South Wales. He also played for the Waratahs, Northampton, and Cardiff Blues.
He captained Australian schoolboys, and is one of the few players to make three Australian schoolboy teams and captained the team in 1994 and 1995. He then represented his country at under 19 and u21 level, and the Australia 7's and Australia A . He represented Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, winning a Bronze medal, and then in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
He played most of his Super 12 Rugby on the Wing for the NSW Waratahs. In his last season The Waratahs came 3rd in the Super 12. In 2002, he accepted a 2-year deal with French side Biarritz where he switched to centre. he then decided to move to Northampton for the 04-05 season. He started 29 games for them that season, the most appearances of any player that season.
Due to Carlos Spencer joining Northampton, Guinness Premiership rules allowed only one overseas player on the pitch at a time, forcing Stcherbina to move to Cardiff Blues where he enjoyed 3 seasons earning 52 caps for the Welsh side. He moved to Newport Gwent Dragons for the 2008-09 season. However, in December 2008 Stcherbina suffered a serious neck injury playing for the Dragons in Toulouse, and did not play for the rest of the season.[1] Despite making a good recovery, he announced his retirement on medical advice on 9 June 2009.[2]
Recently, Stcherbina has moved into coaching. He is currently Director of Rugby and Head Coach of Santa Monica Rugby Club in the United States.[3] and has assisted with the coaching of the USA Maccabiah, USA u20s, and USA Girls' High School teams.
References[edit]
- ^ Stcherbina admits paralysis fear – BBC Sport
- ^ "Stcherbina steps down" (Press release). Newport Gwent Dragons. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Men's Rugby Team - Santa Monica Rugby Club".
External links[edit]
- Newport Gwent Dragons profile
- Cardiff profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-10-14)
- Player Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-03-03)
- Stich Leaves Saints at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-28)
- 1976 births
- Rugby union players from Sydney
- Living people
- Australian rugby union players
- Northampton Saints players
- Cardiff Rugby players
- Dragons RFC players
- Biarritz Olympique players
- People educated at Sydney Boys High School
- Australia international rugby sevens players
- Male rugby sevens players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Australia
- Rugby sevens players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in France
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in England
- New South Wales Waratahs players