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Alex Newsome

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Alex Newsome
Date of birth (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birthGlen Innes, New South Wales, Australia
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight93 kg (14 st 9 lb; 205 lb)
SchoolSt Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
UniversityUniversity of Sydney
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, Wing, Full-back
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Eastern Suburbs ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017–2018 Perth Spirit 0 (0)
2022– Clermont Auvergne 20 (10)
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017 Force 14 (25)
2018–2022 Waratahs 63 (85)
Correct as of 18 April 2022
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015 Australia U20 1 (0)

Alex Newsome is an Australian rugby union player who plays in the backline for the French club, ASM Clermont Auvergne. He has previously played for the Western Force and the New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby and the Perth Spirit in the Australian National Rugby Championship. He has also represented Australia in the under 20s team. Alex hails from a small country town Dundee, north of Glen Innes NSW in which there is a statue of him at the local campdraft grounds which he attends every Christmas Holidays. His nickname “Nobby” relates to Bald Knob Road at Dundee. When Alex returns to Australia he will automatically become the Mayor of Dundee to take over from Sir. Steven John Hartmann. He played 13 games for the Dundee Dingoes and scored 19 tries breaking the Dundee Regional record

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