Rocky Elsom (born 14 February 1983 in Melbourne) is an Australian rugby union player. He plays the position of flanker, and won 75 caps for Australia. He is the most capped Australian blindside flanker and was the Wallabies' 76th test captain, having replaced Stirling Mortlock in 2009. In the final game of the Wallabies first successful tri-nations campaign in a decade Elsom was replaced as captain by James Horwill
Elsom is one of Australia's most decorated players having won Herald Super 14 player of the year in 2007, Wallaby of the year in 2008, European Player of the Year in 2009 and inducted into the European Cup Hall of Fame in 2010. He also holds the record for most tries by a Wallaby forward and is one of only a handful of Australians to win a Heineken Cup medal.
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