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Sighting of Will Skelton's enormous rugby playing brother goes viral
By Ian Cameron
A sighting of a giant rugby player – understood to be Will Skelton’s younger brother Cameron – has gone viral on social media.
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Grainy footage of the enormous second row was posted by RugbyDump in a game for a local side in New Zealand in which he towered over his opponents. While the player’s height was impressive enough, it was the sheer mass of the player and size difference with his teammates that catches the eye.
Pray for the poor opposition ? #Rugby pic.twitter.com/Kfs09BHt4F
— RugbyDump (@Rugbydump) July 20, 2022
Another account on Twitter identified it as Cameron Skelton, the 6’11 brother of Wallaby Will Skelton, who was lining out for Papatoetoe Premier Men’s Development team in Auckland.
From what I found out his name is Cameron Skelton and he plays for the Papatoetoe Premier Men’s Development team in the Auckland rugby competition. Their opposition that day were Puketapapa Roskill rugby. It is their first year in the comp and are building a great community.
— Eric Jr (@ericjr2018) July 21, 2022
Previous stats for the younger Skelton suggest that he weighs in at a whopping 154kg, but it is clear from the footage that he is significantly heavier at the moment and probably closer to 170 to 180kg.
RugbyPass understand that the 27-year-old – who has previously been on the margins of professional rugby – is bidding to lose weight and to take a shot at professional footie once again.
Speaking to RugbyPass on Le French Rugby Podcast recently Will Skelton spoke of his two outsized siblings: “I’ve got two younger brothers, Cameron and Logan. They’re 27 and 22 this year. I’m the smallest in the family.
“Cam is about 6’11 and Logan, the baby, is about 7’2. So they’re big boys.
“Cameron is still trying to get there. He’s just got married a month ago, so he’s trying to get back on the field. He’s played Waikato, Counties NPC and he’s slowly trying to get back into good shape to play some high level rugby.
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“They were really good players growing up, Cam especially. He had a contract with the Tah [Waratahs] with me back in 2014/15. He almost wanted to split to make his own way and he headed over to New Zealand.
“It could have been him and me as the locks at the Tahs, which would have been pretty cool.”
