.jpg) Stannard in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 February 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (12 st 13 lb; 181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Edmund's College, Ipswich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Melissa Wu (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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James Stannard (born 21 February 1983) is an Australian former rugby union footballer. He can play as a scrum-half or fly-half. He previously played for the Western Force and Brumbies Super Rugby.
Stannard was an Australia sevens player and was awarded the 2010 Australian Sevens Player of the Year award.[1] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]
Stannard is currently part of the coaching staff for the Women's Aussie 7s rugby team.[3]
On 30 March 2018, Stannard received a fractured skull in an altercation with a 23 year old English tourist, Sam Oliver. The two men had left a Sydney bar at 3am with the altercation ensuing outside a kebab shop. Stannard was knocked unconscious from a single punch during the incident and hit his head on the concrete floor. Following his head injury, Stannard has suffered from vertigo.[4]
In June 2018, Stannard was forced to retire from playing rugby due to the head injuries he received in the altercation.[5]
Sam Oliver claimed that he retaliated in self-defence after Stannard had approached him, made an offensive remark, and initially punched Oliver's left eye. In September 2018, following a two-and-a-half day hearing, Oliver was found not guilty of recklessly causing grievous bodily harm.[6]
