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This is from Foxsports.com.au here
Stirling Mortlock, 34, and George Smith, 31, were also appointed Officers of the Order of Australia, for their services to the sport of rugby as leading players.
Mortlock, preparing to lead the Melbourne Rebels for a second season, in the 2012 Super Rugby competition, said his humbling Australia Day recognition meant even more coming beside the amazingly resilient Smith.
"It's just great to get this honour alongside of him," Mortlock said.
"Georgey was possibly a once-in-a-generation style of player.
"He just did things that no one else was capable of doing, and his consistency to perform at the highest level week-in week-out and year-in year-out was absolutely phenomenal.
"He was a freak of a player and thankfully I pretty much always played with him."
Congratulations to Sterling Mortlock and George Smith (and others) on their Orders of Australia Medal.