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Russell Manning

Australian rugby union international

Russell Charles Sylvester Manning (born 10 January 1945) is an Australian former rugby union international.

Manning was born in Brisbane and attended Brisbane Boys' College. As a schoolboy, he was a 1st XI cricket and 1st XV rugby team member, then played first-grade in both sports while studying law at the University of Queensland.

A fullback, Manning was capped once for the Wallabies, against the All Blacks at Wellington's Athletic Park in the only Test of the 1967 tour. He retired a season later to concentrate on a legal career.

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