Al Baxter
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Al Baxter is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays for the Waratahs in the Super 14
. He played in the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups, but was not selected for the 2011 squad.
. He has become only the second Australian prop to reach the milestone along with former NSW Waratahs coach Ewen McKenzie. He is currently the most capped Wallaby prop. Baxter has been named in the current Tri Nations squad and he is the first choice tighthead prop for the Wallabies
. Baxter scored his first Super 14
try on his 100th appearance for the NSW Waratahs.
Away from rugby, Baxter has a degree in architecture.
Super 14
Super Rugby is the largest and pre-eminent professional Rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere...
. He played in the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups, but was not selected for the 2011 squad.
Career
Baxter made his Wallaby debut against the All Blacks during the 2003 Bledisloe Cup. He recently earned his 50th test cap against Canada during the 2007 Rugby World Cup2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...
. He has become only the second Australian prop to reach the milestone along with former NSW Waratahs coach Ewen McKenzie. He is currently the most capped Wallaby prop. Baxter has been named in the current Tri Nations squad and he is the first choice tighthead prop for the Wallabies
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
. Baxter scored his first Super 14
Super 14
Super Rugby is the largest and pre-eminent professional Rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere...
try on his 100th appearance for the NSW Waratahs.
Away from rugby, Baxter has a degree in architecture.