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Mick aldous
Michael Aldous (born 1960) is an Australian former Canberra Raiders rugby league player and representative coach of French national rugby league team.
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1984 Rd 16 Canberra v North Sydney
Playing career
Raised in Nowra, New South Wales Aldous attended St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill in Sydney and played in the school's rugby union First XV in 1977 & 1978 at five-eighth. He represented at GPS level in both those years and in a New South Wales Schoolboy side in 1978. He was also an excellent schoolboy cricketer captaining St Joseph's, GPS and NSW schoolboy representative cricket XIs in 1978/79 before a career in first grade cricket for the Waverley club in Sydney, as a wicketkeeper batsman.
His professional rugby league career was with the Canberra Raiders. He made twenty-five first grade appearances between 1984 and 1985 as a versatile back at center, wing & fullback.
Post playing
After playing retirement Aldous became an Australian Schoolboys coach in rugby league and took a job as a Development Officer with the NSWRL.
In 2004, Aldous moved to France as a coaching consultant to the French Rugby League Federation. In November 2004, he coached France to a competitive 52-30 loss to the Kangaroos and a 24-20 loss to the Kiwis in Carcassonne.
He has worked as a Recruitment Coordinator for the Canberra Raiders and in teaching PDHPE, and Design and Technology at selective high school Sydney Boys High School as a year adviser. Aldous is currently a coach for cricket and rugby. He also has a habit of losing it and throwing tantrums.