Lachie Albert

{{Short description|Australian rugby union player}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2024}}

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| full_name = Lachlan Albert

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| height = 186 cm

| weight = 89 kg

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| school = St Ignatius' College, Riverview

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| position = Scrum-half

| superyears1 = 2022

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Lachlan Albert is an Australian professional rugby union player.

Albert, a scrum-half, attended Sydney's St Ignatius' College Riverview and toured the United Kingdom with the Australian Schools side in 2018, before earning further representative honours with Australian under-20s selection and enjoying more rugby with BTFA.{{cite news |title='You'd rather learn here': Albert knows how quickly tide can turn |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7541422/youd-rather-learn-here-albert-knows-how-quickly-tide-can-turn/ |work=The Canberra Times |date=7 December 2021 |language=en-AU}}

Signed by the ACT Brumbies in 2019, Albert made his only Super Rugby appearance during the 2022 season, as the reserve scrum-half against the Force in Perth, with Nic White opting to stay home due to the birth of his child.{{cite news |title=Brumbies sign schoolboy scrumhalf |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6314065/brumbies-sign-schoolboy-scrumhalf/ |work=The Canberra Times |date=6 August 2019 |language=en-AU}}{{cite news |title=Rookie fills the boots of a Wallaby: Albert to debut as White stays home |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7672802/rookie-fills-the-boots-of-a-wallaby-albert-to-debut-as-white-stays-home/ |work=The Canberra Times |date=25 March 2022 |language=en-AU}}

Albert began playing rugby in New Zealand in 2024, attempting to make the Southland NPC side.{{cite news |last1=Savory |first1=Logan |title=Former Brumbies halfback eyes Stags jersey |url=https://southlandtribune.substack.com/p/former-brumbies-halfback-eyes-stags |work=Southland Tribune |date=13 February 2024 |language=en}}

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