Lachie Anderson
Date of birth (1997-08-27) 27 August 1997 (age 26)
Place of birthBaulkham Hills, Australia
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Current team Rebels
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016–2019 Randwick 42 (53)
2017 NSW Country Eagles 1 (0)
2020 Eastwood 6 (5)
2020– Rebels 24 (40)
Correct as of 3 June 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017 Australia U20 1 (0)
Correct as of 23 July 2021
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2017–2021 Australia 27
Correct as of 23 July 2021

Lachlan Anderson (born 27 August 1997) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer who plays wing for Super Rugby franchise the Rebels and the Australia national rugby sevens team.[1][2][3] In his early career, he was selected to play in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championships for Australia and plays for Shute Shield club Eastwood.

Anderson grew up in Baulkham Hills and played rugby for Dural rugby club. He was educated at Oakhill College where he played rugby and captained the first XV, the top representative team in secondary school with rugby league player Ryan Papenhuyzen.[4] In rugby sevens he made his World Rugby Sevens Series debut in Sydney in 2017. Anderson has also represented his country at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[5]

Anderson was a member of the Australian men's rugby seven's squad at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team came third in their pool round and then lost to Fiji 19-nil in the quarterfinal.[6]

Super Rugby statistics

As of 3 June 2023[7]
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2020 AU Rebels 1 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 AU Rebels 4 4 0 279 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
2021 TT Rebels 3 2 1 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 Rebels 2 2 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 Rebels 14 14 0 1,100 6 0 0 0 30 1 0
Total 24 22 2 1,688 8 0 0 0 40 1 0

References

  1. ^ "Rebels snare Sevens stars" (Press release). Melbourne Rebels. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Sevens duo to join Rebels for Super Rugby AU". Rugby.com.au. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Rebels sign sevens stars for Super restart". Nambucca Guardian. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Rugby Union".
  5. ^ "Lachlan Anderson Results | Commonwealth Games Australia". commonwealthgames.com.au. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Player Statistics". It's Rugby.

External links


Australia 2020 Summer Olympics Squad
Melbourne Rebels – current squad
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