Tim Gavin

{{short description|Australia international rugby union player (born 1963)}}

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| name = Tim Bryant Gavin

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| birth_name = Bryant Timothy Gavin

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|11|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cumnock, New South Wales, Australia

| height = {{convert|6|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on|order=flip}}

| weight = {{convert|106|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

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| occupation = Professional rugby union footballer, farmer

| ru_position = Number 8

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| amatyears1 = 1992-95

| amatteam1 = Milan

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| super1 = NSW Waratahs

| superyears1 = 1988

| superapps1 = 63

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| ru_provinceyears1 = 1988-96

| ru_province1 = Waratahs

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| ru_provinceupdate = 7 July 2011

| repyears1 = 1988-96

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| repcaps1 = 47

| reppoints1 = 40

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Bryant Timothy Gavin (born Sydney 20 November 1963) is an Australian former state and national representative rugby union player who played Number 8 for the Wallabies in 47 Test matches in between 1988 and 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/player/10425.html|title=Australia - Players & Officials - Tim Gavin |work=ESPNscrum|publisher=ESPN Inc.|accessdate=31 October 2012}}

Gavin played 83 times for New South Wales between 1988 and 1996 and captained them 30 times. He also played for Milan in Italy in the Australian off seasons between 1992 and 1995. He missed the 1991 Rugby World Cup victory as he suffered a knee injury just before the tournament but played in the 1995 tournament and the inaugural Tri-Nations Series