Andy Marinos

{{short description|Wales international rugby union & league players (born 1972)}}

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{{Use British English|date=August 2013}}

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Andy Marinos is a Zimbabwean former rugby footballer who played rugby league and rugby union professionally and represented Wales at rugby union.

Rugby league career

Marinos signed for Australian rugby league club the Sydney Bulldogs in 1996, playing in one match. In 1997, he represented South Africa at the Super League World Nines.

Rugby union career

A centre, Marinos played for the Stormers, Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons. He also represented Wales.[http://www.newportgwentdragons.com/Personnel.aspx?pr=106943 Andy Marinos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216201551/http://newportgwentdragons.com/Personnel.aspx?pr=106943 |date=16 February 2009 }} Newport Gwent Dragons

Administration

He later worked as the CEO of Rodney Parade, before returning to South Africa in 2005.[http://www.blackandambers.co.uk/Personnel.aspx?pr=106941 Andy Marinos] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617024718/http://www.blackandambers.co.uk/Personnel.aspx?pr=106941|date=17 June 2011 }} Black and Ambers

He was the CEO of SANZAAR, a rugby committee in charge of expanding and maintaining the game of rugby union in South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina since late 2015.

In December 2020 Marinos was announced as chief executive officer of Rugby Australia. He took over the position from interim CEO Rob Clarke in February 2021.{{Cite web|last=Decent|first=Tom|date=2020-12-23|title='He's rugby to the core': Marinos named new Rugby Australia CEO|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/marinos-named-new-rugby-australia-chief-executive-20201223-p56pvz.html|access-date=2020-12-23|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}

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