Andy Marinos

Andy Marinos
Personal information
Full nameAndrew William Nicko Marinos
Born (1972-11-13) 13 November 1972 (age 52)
Salisbury, Rhodesia
(today Harare, Zimbabwe)
Playing information
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight15 st 1 lb (96 kg)
Rugby league
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1996 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Stormers
1999–04 Newport GD 97 24 0 0 120
Total 97 24 0 0 120
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2002–03 Wales 8 1 0 0 5
Source: [1][2]

Andy Marinos is a Zimbabwean former rugby footballer who played rugby league and rugby union professionally and represented Wales at rugby union.

Rugby league career

Marinos signed for Australian rugby league club the Sydney Bulldogs in 1996, playing in one match.[2] In 1997, he represented South Africa at the Super League World Nines.

Rugby union career

A centre, Marinos played for the Stormers, Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons. He also represented Wales.[3]

Administration

He later worked as the CEO of Rodney Parade, before returning to South Africa in 2005.[4]

He was the CEO of SANZAAR, a rugby committee in charge of expanding and maintaining the game of rugby union in South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina since late 2015.[5]

In December 2020 Marinos was announced as chief executive officer of Rugby Australia. He took over the position from interim CEO Rob Clarke in February 2021.[5]


References

  1. ^ Andy Marinos ESPNscrum
  2. ^ a b Andy Marinos rugbyleagueproject.org
  3. ^ Andy Marinos Archived 16 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine Newport Gwent Dragons
  4. ^ Andy Marinos Archived 17 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Black and Ambers
  5. ^ a b Decent, Tom (23 December 2020). "'He's rugby to the core': Marinos named new Rugby Australia CEO". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 December 2020.