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Peter Kimlin
Birth name Peter Kimlin
Date of birth (1985-07-11) 11 July 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Canberra, A.C.T, Australia
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 114 kg (251 lb; 17 st 13 lb)
School Canberra Grammar School, ACT
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock / FlankCurrent teamFC GrenobleSenior careerYears Team Apps (Points)2007 Canberra Vikings8(10)2010 Exeter Chiefs3(0)2013–17 Grenoble69(25)2017-19 Toyota Industries Shuttles15(5) Correct as of 29 December 2019Super RugbyYears Team Apps (Points)2007–13 Brumbies77(30) Correct as of 4 August 2013International careerYears Team Apps **(Points)**2009 Wallabies2(0)2008 Australia A 2004 Australia U-19 2003 Australia Schoolboys

Peter Kimlin is an Australian rugby union football player who plays for Grenoble in the French Top 14.

He played for the ACT Brumbies in the Super Rugby competition from 2007 through to 2013. That final year in 2013 he captained the victorious Brumbies side against The British and Irish Lions who were the first Australian club side to be successful in over 40 years. Later that year he was a part of the side which fell to NZ Chiefs in the Super Rugby Final.

He plays as a lock, flanker and also number 8.[1][2]

On 13 October 2010 it was announced that Kimlin signed a short-term contract to join the Exeter Chiefs in England during the 2010/11 season in order to get game-time prior to the upcoming Super Rugby season and his bid for a spot in Australia's Rugby World Cup squad, having 18 months of action with nerve damage to his shoulder.[1] However his stay in the UK with the Chiefs was cut short after suffering a knee injury in training with Exeter following a collision with team-mate Paul McKenzie.[3]

It was announced on 20 April 2013 that Kimlin, along with Brumbies teammate Dan Palmer, had joined French Top 14 side FC Grenoble.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Wallaby Kimlin bolsters Chiefs". UK: ESPN. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  2. ^ Biography
  3. ^ "Kimlin heading home after knee injury". UK: ESPN. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Grenoble rope in Wallaby duo". Planet Rugby. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.