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Name: AJ Whalley
Position: Prop
Height: 186cm
Weight: 112kg
Date of Birth: 20/05/1982
Club: Kalamunda
Honours: 2003 - Australian Sevens 2002 - Australian U21s
A prop with the ability to play on both sides of the scrum, AJ hails from the NSW country town of Grafton and has represented Australia in U19s and Sevens at flanker. He had a disrupted 2006, with a ligament injury to his right thumb sustained in a club game sidelining him for three months during the Super 14 campaign.
Nickname: Wal, Big Wave Wal
- favourite movie:Anchorman
- my earliest rugby memory is:playing on the wing when I was 15 and getting sent off for a coathanger because I didn’t know how to tackle.
- worst movie of all time: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
- favourite actor:Will Farrell
- favourite actress: Jenna Jameson
- favourite tv show: Hogan Knows Best
- favourite book: It's Not About the Bike
- favourite band: Bon Jovi
- favourite holiday destination: Gunnedah
- favourite food: Ribs
- first job: Darrell Lea chocolates (working there, not eating them)
- the worst job I have ever had: see above
- match day superstitions: can’t turn left
- best rugby moment: Debut for the Emirates Western Force against the Hurricanes - our first home win!
- favourite rugby star: Tai McIsaac - he's a ball of granite
- most respected player: Carl Hayman
- what would you sing on Australian idol: Run to Paradise by the Choirboys
- my most embarrassing moment was: getting sprung by mum
- I'd hate to be without: Hair
- best advice mother gave me: don’t chew with your mouth open
- if I were prime minister I would: make the first Tuesday in November (Melbourne Cup) a national holiday
- my other major interests are: golf, water skiing, Sunday BBQs at club Trigg
- my ambition in life is: be happy
- if I could invite four famous people to dinner I'd choose: Paris Hilton, William Wallace, Carl Barron and Michael Jordan
- if you were down to your last $10 what would you spend it on: number 6 in race 6 at Randwick