Wallabies prop James Slipper will become the most-capped Australian Super Rugby player on Saturday when he starts for the ACT Brumbies against the New South Wales Waratahs in his 178th match. Slipper played more than 100 matches for the Queensland Reds between 2010 and 2018 before switching to the Brumbies in 2019.
FILE - Australia’s James Slipper runs at France’s France’s Ibrahim Diallo, left, during the second rugby test between France and Australia in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Slipper will become the most-capped Australian Super Rugby player on Saturday, April 6, 2024, when he starts for the ACT Brumbies against the New South Wales Waratahs in his 178th match.
He has spent the last six seasons in Canberra and on Saturday will finally will surpass Wallabies hooker Stephen Moore who made 177 Super Rugby appearances, mostly for the Brumbies. But statisticians found that one of Moore’s appearances had been incorrectly recorded and that Slipper would have to wait one more week — the seventh round this year --and for another significant Australian derby.
“I didn’t know too much about the record until I was doing promotional work at the start of the year when someone told me I had to play five or six games,” Slipper added.“I don’t see any players playing to try and break records or milestones, It comes with a bit of luck and I’ve had a lucky career and worked hard but I’ve been on the better side of injuries. I’m humbled that I’ve made it.”
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