About Shane Sullivan
Born 1945. Shane Sullivan is an Australian rugby union player.
Shane Stephen Sullivan (born 7 September 1945) is an Australian former international rugby union player.
A Brisbane native, Sullivan completed his secondary schooling at St Joseph's College, Nudgee, where he played 1st XV rugby in his last year, before continuing his studies at the University of Queensland.
Sullivan, a specialist tighthead prop, played for Brisbane club Brothers and made his Queensland state debut in 1968. He was one of six Brothers players to earn Wallabies selection for the 1969 tour of South Africa, preferred over the already capped Ross Turnbull. Over the course of the tour, Sullivan started 11 of a possible 24 matches for the Wallabies, while sitting out the Test matches, with Roy Prosser and Jim Roxburgh the favoured combination.
While studying medicine in England, Sullivan competed in the Hospitals Cup for St Bartholomew's Hospital.
Sullivan was a general practitioner in Toowoomba, Queensland.
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Who is Shane Sullivan?
Australian rugby union player
When was Shane Sullivan born?
Shane Sullivan was born in 1945.
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Shane Sullivan is a rugby union player.
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Shane Sullivan is Australian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Shane Sullivan. https://biography.guide/shane-sullivan/
MLA: "Shane Sullivan." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/shane-sullivan/.
Chicago: "Shane Sullivan." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/shane-sullivan/.
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