A No 7 Australia international jersey from the collection of Clive Rowlands, Wales 1963-65. The jersey was exchanged with Des Connor in 1969 who opposed him as coach in the Australia v Wales test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Desmond Michael 'Des' Connor played 12 tests for Australia 1957-59 before moving to New Zealand in 1960. The quality of his play was such that he was soon selected to represent his new country. He had the distinction of playing a further 12 tests for the All Blacks between 1961 and 1964. The Australian historian Jack Pollard says of him:

"One of the finest halfbacks to play for Australia. He made important contributions to Australian rugby as a player, coach and selector and provided all countries with an interesting innovation when he invented the short lineout. He ranks high amongst the game's strategists,"

The first shortened lineout took place in the second Australia v New Zealand test match at Ballymore on 22nd June 1968. Australia only played two internationals in 1959, both of these were against the British Lions so this jersey could only be from this test series. Des Connor played in both test matches, the second test in Brisbane was his last appearance for the Wallabies before his move to take take up a teaching post in Auckland, NZ,

 A No 3 international jersey from the collection of Clive Rowlands, Wales 1963-65. Clive played in Swansea's 9-8 victory over the touring Australians and has indicated that the jersey was given to him by Ken Catchpole at that game. The Aussie tour party played each match with tour numbers. Unfortunately the number doesn't match with Ken's, his was number 13 while number 3 belonged to Stewart Boyce. So we must assume therefore, that this jersey belonged to Boyce.  

AUSTRALIA 1984 GRAND SLAM TOUR - MARK ELLA TEST JERSEY - A 1984 Wallabies No 10 jersey believed to have been worn by the legendary Mark Ella in one of the test matches during the 1984 Grand Slam tour, most likely the Welsh test. During the 1984 tour, Mark Ella became the first Wallaby to score a try in every test match on the tour. The jersey is from the collection of Doug Peel, Llanelli sports promoter and collector. It has a strange mixture of manufacturing details. Cosmetically it looks like an Adidas jersey with the three stripes, however the manufacturer's label states the jersey is made by Peerless in Australia but the collar and button are the style of Canterbury of New Zealand. 

cuffs - double play elasticated

John Eales RWC 1995 jersey which was exchanged with Canadian lock forward Gareth Rowlands after the pool match. The jersey is by Canterbury and is a size 50". Illustrated below Eales & Rowlands at the post match function and Canadian captain Al Charron celebrates his try against the defending champions in the match.

John Eales is Australia's most successful captain, he is one of a limited club of dual Rugby World Cup winners. A member of the 1991 winning team he captained the Wallabies to their victory over France in the 1999 final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. 

He was given the nickname 'nobody' because 'Nobody's perfect'.  

He made 86 appearances for Australia over a period of 10 years (1991-2001) captaining the Wallabies on 60 occasions. At the time of writing he has scored the most points (173) as a forward in international rugby. 

sleeves roughly cut