{{Short description|Australia international rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Dom Shipperley | image = | birth_name = Dominic Shipperley | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|01|04|df=yes}} | birth_place = Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia | height = 1.86 m | weight = {{Convert|94|kg|stlb lb|abbr=on}} | ru_position = Wing, Fullback | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | years1 = 2015−2016 | clubs1 = Melbourne Rising | apps1 = 10 | points1 = 10 | ru_clubupdate = 15 October 2016 | superyears1 = 2011−2014 | superyears2 = 2015−2016 | super1 = Reds | super2 = {{Rut|Rebels}} | superapps1 = 44 | superapps2 = 19 | superpoints1 = 65 | superpoints2 = 25 | super14update = 6 November 2017 | ru_currentclub = | provinceyears1 = | province1 = | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | repyears1 = 2012 | repyears2 = 2010 | repyears3 = 2008 | repteam1 = Australia | repteam2 = Australia U20 | repteam3 = Australian Schools | repcaps1 = 3 | repcaps2 = 4 | reppoints1 = 0 | reppoints2 = 15 | ru_ntupdate = 30 September 2012 | repsevensyears1 = 2010 | repsevensteam1 = Australia | repsevenscomp1 = 3 | school = St Joseph's College, Nudgee }}
'''Dominic Shipperley''' (born 4 January 1991) is an Australian retired professional rugby union footballer who played for the Australian national team in both test rugby and rugby sevens. In Super Rugby, he played four seasons with the Queensland Reds from 2011 to 2014, and a further two seasons for the Melbourne Rebels. His regular playing position was wing.
==Early life== Shipperley was born in Redcliffe, Queensland. He attended St Joseph's College, Nudgee and in 2008 received an OP1 which is the highest possible mark that can be achieved in the Queensland Certificate of Education.<ref name = reds-2014/> He played for the Australian Schoolboys rugby team in 2008,<ref name = aus-shoolboys/> and with the Brothers club in Brisbane.
==Rugby career== Shipperley was selected for the Australian Sevens squad during the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series, playing in the Wellington, Adelaide, and Hong Kong tournaments in the team which finished the series in third place.<ref name = reds-2014/>{{sfn |ARU|2010 |p=42}}
As a member of the Australia under 20 team that competed in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship in Argentina, he scored a hat-trick of tries in the team's win against South Africa, with Australia finishing runner-up in the tournament.<ref name = reds-2014/>{{sfn |ARU |2010 |p=36-37}} He was also selected for the Under 20s squad in 2011, but did not travel to the tournament due to his Super Rugby commitments with the Queensland Reds.<ref name = reds-2014/><ref name = u20-2012/>
Shipperley made his Super Rugby debut for the Reds during the 2011 Super Rugby season against the Hurricanes.<ref name = its-rugby/> His breakthrough year came in 2012, beginning in the first game of the Reds' season with his last-minute match winning try against the Waratahs. A 75-metre sprint beating six defenders to score ended a nine-year losing drought for the Reds in Sydney and earned Shipperley the Super Rugby Try of the Year accolade.<ref name = reds-2014/> He started in all 17 matches for the Reds in 2012,<ref name = its-rugby/> and won the Most Improved Player award for the Reds.<ref name = reds-2014/>
Later in 2012 Shipperley received a starting Test debut for Australia against South Africa for the match in Perth after an injury forced out winger Drew Mitchell.<ref name = reds-2014/> He went on to gain two further caps in the 2012 Rugby Championship.<ref name = espn-stats/>
In June 2014 he signed a two-year deal to join the Melbourne Rebels beginning in 2015.<ref name = smh-2014/> A few weeks later, while playing for the Reds against the Rebels, he suffered a badly fractured and dislocated ankle requiring surgery.<ref name = cm-2014/> Shipperley managed to recover from that injury for the Rebels' opening game of the season, however, playing in a famous 20–10 away win against the {{Rut|Crusaders}} in Christchurch,<ref name=cru-reb-2015a/><ref name=cru-reb-2015b/> He went on to score four tries from twelve Super Rugby matches in 2015.<ref name=ir-stats/>
Shipperley continued his good form for the Rebels in 2016, but missed the second half of the Super Rugby season due to a knee injury.<ref name=smh-2016/> Later that year he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament during the 2016 National Rugby Championship semi-final, forcing him out of all rugby for 2017.<ref name=rebs-2017/>
He was initially included in the Rebels' extended playing squad for 2018,<ref name=reb-v-red-2018/> and played in the Brisbane Global Rugby Tens before a further knee injury prompted his retirement from rugby in the early part of the 2018 season.<ref name=ds-calls-time/>
==Super Rugby statistics==
{{updated|15 July 2018|<ref name=ir-stats>{{cite web | url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player_19638.html | title=Player Statistics | work=its rugby | accessdate=26 July 2016}}</ref>}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; line-height:90%; font-size:95%; width:70%;" |- ! Season !! Team !! Games !! Starts !! Sub !! Mins !! Tries !! Cons !! Pens !! Drops !! Points !! Yel !! Red |- | 2011 || {{Rut|Reds}} || 6 || 2 || 4 || 274 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 0 || 0 |- | 2012 || {{Rut|Reds}} || 17 || 17 || 0 || 1360 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 40 || 0 || 0 |- | 2013 || {{Rut|Reds}} || 11 || 8 || 3 || 621 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 |- | 2014 || {{Rut|Reds}} || 10 || 8 || 2 || 598 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 0 || 0 |- | 2015 || {{Rut|Rebels}} || 12 || 12 || 0 || 960 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 20 || 0 || 0 |- | 2016 || {{Rut|Rebels}} || 7 || 7 || 0 || 478 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 |- | 2017 || {{Rut|Rebels}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2018 || {{Rut|Rebels}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- !colspan="2"|Total || 63 || 54 || 9 || 4291 || 18 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 90 || 0 || 0 |}
==References== {{reflist|colwidth=25em|refs=
<ref name=aus-shoolboys>{{cite web |year=2010 |title=Nurseries of Australian Schoolboys' Rugby |publisher=Australian Schools Rugby Union |url=http://austschools.rugbynet.com.au/verve/_resources/AUSTRALIAN_SCHOOLBOYS_BY_YEAR.pdf |format=PDF 0.8 MB |accessdate=27 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320123410/http://www.austschools.rugbynet.com.au/verve/_resources/AUSTRALIAN_SCHOOLBOYS_BY_YEAR.pdf |archivedate=20 March 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
<ref name=u20-2012>{{cite web|title=Australian Under 20s Named for JWC |work=Australian Rugby |url=http://www.aru.rugby.com.au/news/under_20s/2011/2011_squad_announcement,146788.html/news/archive/section/86169 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719050959/http://www.aru.rugby.com.au/news/under_20s/2011/2011_squad_announcement,146788.html/news/archive/section/86169 |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 July 2012 |accessdate=19 June 2012 }}</ref>
<ref name = its-rugby>{{cite web |title= Dominic Shipperley |work= It's Rugby |url= http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player_19638.html |accessdate= 25 December 2014 }}</ref>
<ref name = espn-stats>{{cite web |title= Dom Shipperley |work= ESPN Scrum |url= http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/player/169601.html |accessdate= 25 December 2014 }}</ref>
<ref name = reds-2014>{{cite web |year=2014 |title= Dom Shipperley |publisher=Reds Rugby |accessdate= 25 December 2014 |url= http://redsrugby.com.au/Reds/RedsSquad/PlayerPage/tabid/583/playerid/26/Default.aspx |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140125163815/http://redsrugby.com.au/Reds/RedsSquad/PlayerPage/tabid/583/playerid/26/Default.aspx |archivedate= 25 January 2014 }}</ref>
<ref name = smh-2014>{{cite web |date= 19 June 2014 |title= Rebels-bound Shipperley joins Reds exodus |work= Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Fairfax |accessdate= 23 September 2014 |url= http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/rebelsbound-shipperley-joins-reds-exodus-20140619-zsevv.html |url-status= live |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140923162353/http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/rebelsbound-shipperley-joins-reds-exodus-20140619-zsevv.html |archivedate= 23 September 2014 }}</ref>
<ref name=cm-2014>{{cite web |date = 30 June 2015 |first = Andrew |last = Cronin |title = Rebels-bound winger Dom Shipperley set for long stint on sidelines following ankle surgery |work = The Courier Mail |publisher = News |accessdate = 25 December 2014 |url = http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/rugby/rebelsbound-winger-dom-shipperley-set-for-long-stint-on-sidelines-following-ankle-surgery/story-fnii0lp2-1226972480319 |url-status = live |archiveurl = https://archive.today/20240527045213/https://www.webcitation.org/6V5Ap7ECU?url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/rugby/rebelsbound-winger-dom-shipperley-set-for-long-stint-on-sidelines-following-ankle-surgery/story-fnii0lp2-1226972480319%3Fnk=78bc05ffbaf27390c11f3a8757e21e8c |archivedate = 27 May 2024 |df = dmy-all }}</ref>
<ref name=cru-reb-2015a>{{cite web | url=http://www.sanzarrugby.com/superrugby/news/rebels-stun-crusaders-in-historic-win | title=Rebels stun Crusaders in historic win | work=SANZAR | date=13 February 2015 | accessdate=13 February 2015 }}</ref>
<ref name=cru-reb-2015b>{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=135664 | homeid=23294 | awayid=23344 | leagueid=2174 | hometeam=Crusaders | homescore=10 | awayscore=20 | awayteam=Rebels | matchdate=13 February 2015 | date=27 July 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name=smh-2016>{{cite news |date=19 April 2016 |title=Melbourne Rebels winger Dom Shipperley out for season with knee injury |first= Roy |last=Ward |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Fairfax |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/melbourne-rebels-winger-dom-shipperley-out-for-season-with-knee-injury-20160419-go9o0n.html |accessdate=8 April 2018 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409043031/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/melbourne-rebels-winger-dom-shipperley-out-for-season-with-knee-injury-20160419-go9o0n.html |archivedate=9 April 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name=rebs-2017>{{cite press release |date=1 November 2017 |title=Shipperley dumps asterisk for pre-season return |publisher=Melbourne Rebels |url=https://melbournerebels.com/2017/11/16/shipperley-dumps-asterisk-for-pre-season-return/ |accessdate=8 April 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116093702/https://melbournerebels.com/2017/11/16/shipperley-dumps-asterisk-for-pre-season-return/ |archivedate=16 November 2017 }}</ref>
<ref name=reb-v-red-2018>{{cite web | date=23 February 2018 | title=Melbourne Rebels v Qld Reds Official Program | pages=9–11 | work=Melbourne Rebels | url=https://issuu.com/melbournerebels/docs/2018_match_day_prog_rd1_rebvred_iss | accessdate=28 February 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name=ds-calls-time>{{cite news | date=24 March 2018 | title=Rebels Shipperley calls time on career | publisher=Special Broadcasting Service | url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/rebels-shipperley-calls-time-on-career | accessdate=24 March 2018 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408141706/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/rebels-shipperley-calls-time-on-career | archivedate=8 April 2018 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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==Sources== {{refbegin<!--|2-->}} *{{cite web |year = 2010 |title = Annual Report 2010 |publisher = Australian Rugby |format = PDF 7.6 MB |url = http://www.rugby.com.au/Portals/1/PDFs/Annual%20Reports/ARUwebsite_updated_R1.pdf |access-date = 25 December 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140214071854/http://rugby.com.au/Portals/1/PDFs/Annual%20Reports/ARUwebsite_updated_R1.pdf |archive-date = 14 February 2014 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all |ref={{harvid|ARU|2010}} }} {{refend}}
==External links== *{{ESPNscrum|169601}} *{{cite web |title= Reds profile |url= http://www.redsrugby.com.au/Reds/RedsSquad/PlayerPage/tabid/583/playerid/26/Default.aspx |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140125163815/http://redsrugby.com.au/Reds/RedsSquad/PlayerPage/tabid/583/playerid/26/Default.aspx |archivedate= 25 January 2014}} *[http://www.rugby.com.au/wallabies/TheTeam/WallabiesProfiles/ProfilePage/tabid/1513/playerid/94/Default.aspx Wallabies profile]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shipperley, Dom}} Category:1991 births Category:Australian rugby union players Category:Australia international rugby union players Category:Queensland Reds players Category:Melbourne Rebels players Category:Brothers Old Boys players Category:Rugby union wings Category:Living people Category:Melbourne Rising players Category:Australian rugby sevens players Category:Rugby union players from Queensland Category:People from the City of Moreton Bay Category:People educated at St Joseph's College, Nudgee Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen