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Name: Gareth Hardy
Position: Prop
Height: 186cm
Weight: 112kg
Date of Birth: 9/12/1980
Club: Palmyra
Super 14 Team: Emirates Western Force
Super 12/14 Points: 20 (5 NSW)
Super 12/14 Caps: 42 (17 NSW)
ARC Caps: 5
ARC Points: 5
Emirates Western Force Debut: 2006 v Brumbies
Honours: 2007 - Australia A 1998 - Australian Schoolboys
Who says props don’t score tries? The man they call ‘Boof’ posted two five pointers, his first against the Bulls in round three and then the following week against the Lions. Solid performances during the 2007 Investec Super 14 season, in which he was one of only six players to play in all of the Emirates Western Force games, put him back on the Wallabies radar. One of 14 Force players selected in the Wallabies train-on squad in May, Gareth played for Australia A against Tonga, Fiji, Samoa and scored a try against Japan. He is studying an MBA through Australian Graduate School of Management and is the part-owner of Innovative Solutions Oceania/ISports Marketing (Isports marketing - thundersign, rollsign, sunsign, foldsign, swingsign), which specializes in sponsorship and marketing products like the Vodafone ‘Go Force’ banners. Tonsil and ankle surgery kept him out of the early stages of the Mazda Australian Rugby Championship.