After receiving a Bachelor of Law at the University of Sydney Nick worked for a mid sized Sydney legal firm, Garland Seaborn for a decade specialising in commercial and property law. He moved to Paris after accepting an offer from the French investment Bank Societe Generale joining their commodity derivatives team concentrating on opening up Africa for the Bank. After 4 years in Paris Nick returned to Sydney where he headed SG’s mining finance team for a decade before joining private equity group Taurus Funds management who invest and lend globally in the mined resources sector. Nick has been a Councillor of the City of Sydney, a Director of NRMA, a Senator of the University of Sydney, and Chairman of NSW Rugby Union. Nick was also a Former Director of Wesley Mission and has done decades of work with Non-for-Profit companies. He was also a member of the Australian rugby team for 10 years from and Captained the team to Australia’s first Rugby World Cup success in He was awarded an Order of Australia for services to rugby in and has been inducted into the Australian and International Rugby Halls of Fame. Nick is married to Angie and has 4 children.
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Nick Farr-Jones was without doubt one of, if not the, greatest Wallaby captain of all-time. While he may not have had the sidestep of a Cyril Burke or the marvellous cover defence of John Hipwell and perhaps lacked the elegance of a Des Connor or the inspired running of a Ken Catchpole his all-round attributes were more than perfect for the modern game. As such he was arguably Australia’s most complete and accomplished halfback.
A highly respected and inspiring leader, tireless defender and devastating runner on the short side Farr-Jones had a seemingly innate ability to read the play a couple of phases ahead of time. He was also inexorably consistent. Mark Ella said that he believed Farr-Jones was worth 10 points every time he played for Australia. Born in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire, Farr-Jones attended Newington College where he did not play in the school’s 1st XV, much like fellow future Wallaby captain Phil Kearns, and from there studied Law at the University of Sydney.
In the University played in Sydney’s 2nd Division competition and the near-term outlook for Farr-Jones from a rugby perspective looked rather bleak. However, the eagle-eyed Sy
Articulate and intelligent, Nick Farr-Jones is a natural leader with an innate ability to motivate. He played an integral part in the success of the Wallabies and was an inspiration to his teammates.
Nick was captain of the team that brought home the Rugby Union World Cup in , the Bledisloe Cup and convincingly defeated the Springboks in August He was Australia&#;s most-capped scrum half and its most-capped captain.
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Always a sportsman, Nick captained every school team in which he played. However, despite playing a multitude of sports, he failed to play in his school&#;s first XV team in his leaving year. Indeed, he did not take the usual route to pulling on the famous gold jersey and this is a part of the mystery of his sudden ascendency to city, state and national selection &#; all in
Once on the team, there was no doubt of Nick&#;s talents. He captained 36 successive tests for the Australian team from to and received international honour, captaining the World XV playing New Zealand in for the NZ Rugby Union Centenary celebrations.
Other games that featured Nick Farr-Jones include Southern Hemisphere vs. British Lions, IRB Centenary celebratio
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