{{Use Australian English|date=January 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Rob Lawton | image = | caption = | full_name = Robert Anthony Lawton | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|01|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Terengganu, Malaysia | death_date = | death_place = | height = 6 ft 0 in | weight = 252 lb | occupation = | school = | university = | relatives = | position = Prop | repyears1 = 1988 | repteam1 = {{nrut|Australia}} | repcaps1 = 4 | reppoints1 = 0 }} '''Robert Anthony Lawton''' (born 25 January 1964) is an Australian former rugby union international.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122316107 |title=Lawton looks to 1991 |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=10 October 1990 |page=42 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Born in Malaysia, Lawton is the grandson of former Wallabies captain Tom Lawton Snr and was raised in Queensland, attending both Brisbane Grammar School and The Southport School. He played first-grade for Brisbane club Souths.<ref>{{cite news |title=Manly vie for Lawton's services |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122768835 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=10 February 1989}}</ref>
Lawton, a prop, was capped four times for the Wallabies in 1988. He made his debut in a win over England at Ballymore, partnering his elder brother Tom in the forward line, then featured in a further two home Tests against the All Blacks, before making his final appearance against Scotland at Murrayfield on the end of year tour.<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Antony Lawton |url=https://classicwallabies.com.au/players/robert-antony-lawton |website=classicwallabies.com.au |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== *List of Australia national rugby union players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{ESPNscrum|10385}}
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