Dom Shipperley

Background

Shipperley was born in Redcliffe, Queensland.

Education

Shipperley was selected for the Australian Sevens squad during the 2009-2010 Institutional Review Board Sevens World Series, playing in the Wellington, Adelaide, and Hong Kong tournanents in the team which finished the series in third place.

Career

After playing Super Rugby for the Queensland Reds from 2011 to 2014, he signed on to play for the Melbourne Rebels. His regular playing position is wing. He played for the Australian Schoolboys rugby team in 2008, and with the Brothers club in Brisbane.

He was also selected for the Under 20s squad in 2011, but did not travel to the tournament due to his Super Rugby commitments with the Queensland Reds.

Shipperley made his Super Rugby debut for the Reds during the 2011 Super Rugby season against the Hurricanes. His breakthrough year came in 2012, beginning in the first game of the Reds" season with his last-minute match winning try against the Waratahs.

A 75-metre sprint beating six defenders to score ended a nine-year losing drought for the Reds in Sydney and earned Shipperley the Super Rugby Try of the Year accolade. Later in 2012 Shipperley received a starting Test debut for Australia against South Africa for the match in Perth after an injury forced out winger Drew Mitchell.

He went on to gain two further caps in the 2012 Rugby Championship.

In June 2014 Shipperley signed a two-year deal to join the Melbourne Rebels beginning in 2015. While playing for the Reds against the Rebels a few weeks later, he suffered a badly fractured and dislocated ankle requiring surgery with an expected 12–18 months recovery time.

Achievements

• He attended Street Joseph"s College, Nudgee and in 2008 received an OP1 which is the highest possible mark that can be achieved in the Queensland Certificate of Education. As a member of the Australia under 20 team that competed in the 2010 Institutional Review Board Junior World Championship in Argentina, he scored a hat-trick of tries in the team"s win against South Africa, with Australia finishing runner-up in the tournament. He started in all 17 matches for the Reds in 2012, and won the Most Improved Player award for the Reds.