Full name | Stephen Michael John Lidbury | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 22 May 1960 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Michael John Lidbury (born 22 May 1960) is an Australian former rugby union international.
Born in Sydney, Lidbury attended Pittwater High School. [1]
Lidbury, a powerful back-row forward, played in the Shute Shield for Warringah. He was capped twice by the Wallabies, as a number eight on the 1987 tour of Argentina, then as a flanker in a home Test against England in 1988. [1]
In October 1988, Lidbury was signed by rugby league club the Canberra Raiders on a two-year contract, but injury would prevent him an opportunity to play first-grade. [2] He suffered a near fatal broken neck in a 1989 reserves game against Penrith while packing a scrum, ending his sporting career. [3] [4]