Will Skelton is a giant of the game, but even he is dwarfed by his younger brother Cameron, who stands at 6ft 11in, and has another brother who is even taller than him
Will Skelton’s giant brother(Image: RugbyDump/X)
Rugby in the modern era is a sport dominated by towering athletes, yet every so often, a player emerges who truly stands out from the crowd.
Consider French rugby stars Emmanuel Meafou and Posolo Tuilagi, both colossal figures in terms of height and physique. South Africa’s Springboks are also famed for their giant players, with Franco Mostert and Pieter-Steph du Toit among their most imposing.
However, it’s even rarer to find such a player in grassroots rugby.
Enter Cameron Skelton, younger sibling of La Rochelle and Australia lock Will Skelton. Not only is he an impressively large man, but he also dwarfs his teammates, making them look like children in comparison.
Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that this is indeed an adult rugby match, with fully grown men representing ‘Papatoetoe’.
Tino Junior Poluleuligaga, the general manager of Papatoetoe, a club based in Auckland, New Zealand, revealed that Skelton stands nearly 7 feet tall and wears size 7XL shorts.
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Cameron, who stands at 6ft 11in, is three inches taller than his older brother Will, already considered a giant in the sport. Interestingly, there’s a third Skelton brother who is even taller.
Will Skelton opened up about his family’s stature on RugbyPass’ Le French Rugby Podcast in 2022, revealing: “I’ve got two younger brothers, Cameron and Logan. They’re 27 and 22 this year. I’m the smallest in the family,” he explained.
“Cam is about 6’11 and Logan, the baby, is about 7’2. So they’re big boys.
“He’s [Logan] huge. I get bullied when I go home,” Skelton joked, noting that he himself requires size 18 to 19 shoes. “Logan stopped playing [rugby] when he was quite young. He wasn’t really into it. It was mainly me and Cam playing a lot. It just wasn’t his thing.
“Cam was a standout player, particularly during our youth. He even shared a contract with the Tah [Waratahs] alongside me around 2014/15. But he chose to forge his own path and moved to New Zealand.
“It could have been him and me as the locks at the Tahs, which would have been pretty cool.”
Cameron represented Samoa at the 2014 U20 World Championships and seemed on track for a top-tier rugby career. The Waikato Chiefs of Super Rugby picked him up in 2014, but despite time in their development squad, he didn’t break into the senior team.
Cameron’s professional rugby aspirations unfortunately did not come to fruition.