Steve Lidbury

{{Short description|Australian rugby union international}}

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| full_name = Stephen Michael John Lidbury

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|05|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sydney, NSW, Australia

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| position = Flanker / No. 8

| repyears1 = 1987–88

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| repcaps1 = 2

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Stephen Michael John Lidbury (born 22 May 1960) is an Australian former rugby union international.

Born in Sydney, Lidbury attended Pittwater High School.{{cite web |title=Stephen Michael John Lidbury |url=https://classicwallabies.com.au/players/stephen-michael-john-lidbury |website=classicwallabies.com.au |language=en}}

Lidbury, a powerful back-row forward, played in the Shute Shield for Warringah. He was capped twice by the Wallabies, as a number eight on the 1987 tour of Argentina, then as a flanker in a home Test against England in 1988.

In October 1988, Lidbury was signed by rugby league club the Canberra Raiders on a two-year contract, but injury would prevent him an opportunity to play first-grade.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102015588 |title=Raiders sign Lidbury for two years |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=18 October 1988 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} He suffered a near fatal broken neck in a 1989 reserves game against Penrith while packing a scrum, ending his sporting career.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122268152 |title=Raider prop's dice with death |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=7 June 1989 |page=46 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite web |last1=Lucius |first1=Adam |title=Classic Wallabies - Where Are They Now?: Steve Lidbury |url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2020/06/05/where-are-they-now-steve-lidbury |website=www.rugby.com.au |language=en |date=6 June 2020}}