Tim Metcher

Tim Metcher
Full name Timothy Metcher
Date of birth (1991-05-10) 10 May 1991
Place of birth Maroubra, New South Wales
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight 115 kg (18 st 2 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Prop
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2010
2011
2012–
2014
2015–		 Gungahlin Eagles
Randwick
Southern Districts
NSW Country Eagles
Melbourne Rising


0
1


(0)
(0)
correct as of 3 November 2015.
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2013 Force 1 (0)
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2015− Rebels 6 (0)
correct as of 21 July 2016.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2011 Australia U-20

Tim Metcher (born 10 May 1991), is an Australian rugby union player. His usual position is prop. He currently plays for the Rebels in the Super Rugby competition.[2]

Early life

Metcher was born in Maroubra but spent most of his early years in Coffs Harbour on the North Coast of New South Wales. He represented New South Wales at the Australian Schools Rugby Championships.[1]

Rugby career

Metcher was selected to join the Brumbies academy in 2011, and played for Australia U-20 at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship in Italy. After stints playing club rugby for Randwick and Gungahlin Eagles, he joined the Southern Districts club in 2012.[1][3]

In 2013, Metcher played against the British and Irish Lions twice – firstly off the bench for the Western Force, and then starting as tighthead prop for Combined NSW-QLD Country.[4][5] In early 2014 he was selected in the Gen Blue Waratahs development side to play in the Pacific Rugby Cup.[6] Later in 2014 he joined the NSW Country Eagles to play in the inaugural season of the National Rugby Championship.[7]

Reference list

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Player Profiles: Tim Metcher". GSS Sports Management. 2013. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Tim Metcher". Melbourne Rebels. Archived from the original on 4 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Player Profiles: Tim Metcher". It's Rugby. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Bradford, Brendan (12 September 2013). "Rugby News: 2013 Shute Shield Team of the Year". Sydney University Rugby. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Robinson, Georgina (12 June 2013). "Catt happy to be mauled by Lions". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Waratahs development team for Pampas". SANZAR. 7 March 2014. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "NSW Country Eagles announce NRC Squad for 2014". The Roar. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 20 July 2016[1]
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2015 Rebels 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 Rebels 4 0 4 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 6 0 6 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

External links

  1. ↑ "Player Statistics". its rugby. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
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