Martin Knight (rugby union)

Martin Knight (8 May 1955 — 25 February 1984) was an Australian rugby union international.

Martin Knight

Date of birth	(1955-05-08)8 May 1955
Place of birth	Cheshire, England
Date of death	25 February 1984(1984-02-25) (aged 28)
Place of death	Sydney, Australia
Rugby union career
Position(s) Inside centre International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1978 Australia 3 (0)

Born in Cheshire, England, but raised in Sydney, Knight was an inside centre, strong in both attack and defence. He came through the juniors at Parramatta and was a member of the club's 1977 first-grade premiership team, scoring a try in the grand final success over Randwick.^[1] His three Wallabies caps all came in 1978, two Tests against Wales at home and then a Bledisloe Cup match in Wellington. He never received state representative honours.^[2]

Knight was diagnosed with leukaemia in 1979 and died of the illness five years later at Westmead Hospital, aged 28.^[3]

See also

• List of Australia national rugby union players

References

1. "Putting that smile to the test". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 June 1978.
2. "Martin Knight". classicwallabies.com.au.
3. "Former Test centre dies". The Canberra Times. 27 February 1984. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

• Martin Knight at ESPNscrum