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73 aus nsw waratahs sydney , australia randwick 67 phil kearns
 phil kearns hooker 27 june 1967 kearnsy -lrb- 34 -rrb- newington college philip nicholas kearns 1989 - 1999 university of new south wales
phil kearns

philip nicholas kearns -lrb- born 27 june 1967 -rrb- is a former australian rugby union player .
he represented australia 67 times and was captain of on 10 occasions .
he commentates on rugby for the fox sports tv channel .
he was born in sydney australia and educated at newington college -lrb- 1979 -- 84 -rrb- and the university of new south wales where he graduated with a degree in economics .
he played his provincial rugby for new south wales .
he made his wallaby debut in 1989 .
he enjoyed a rivalry on the pitch with new zealand 's sean fitzpatrick .
during one bledisloe cup match he scored a try by barging through fitzpatrick and then made a two fingered gesture to him and saying something which most tv watchers thought they could lip read .
kearns insisted he said `` two sausages at tonight 's barbecue please '' .
the catalyst for this incident was from the previous season when fitzpatrick sledged kearns without mercy , telling him to `` go home to your mummy '' .
he was a member of australia 's rugby world cup-winning teams of 1991 and 1999 .
although he was injured mid-way through the 1999 tournament he is one of only six players to be twice involved in a world cup-winning side .
retired since 1999 , he now commentates on rugby for the fox sports tv channel .
in october 2005 , phil kearns accidentally ran over his 19-month-old daughter , andie , in the driveway of his home .
after a long hospital stay , his daughter made a full recovery .
phil kearns later launched a driveway safety campaign .
kearns is the brain behind the sydney charity event , the balmoral burn .
an annual run up one of sydney 's steepest streets .
