Dominic Bird
Birth name | Dominic Joseph Bird | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 April 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Central Hawkes Bay College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Lincoln University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dominic Bird (born rugby union player who plays as a lock for Canterbury in the ITM Cup.[1] Bird educated at Central Hawkes Bay College debut for the 1st xv in 2007 went on to captain the side in 2008 in a historic victory over Hastings Boys High school alongside other key players the likes of Bredon Edmonds (NZ Maori), Mua Sala (Spain) and Andrew Burne (Napier Tech). Bird having been a member of the Template:Rut Crusaders Wider Training Group in 2012 he was selected as a senior squad member for the 2013 Super Rugby season.[2][3] Bird was selected for the 2013 All Blacks wider training squad of 38 to train for the June test series against France and went on to make his international debut against Japan in November.[4]
9 April 1991) is a New ZealandBorn in Hawke's Bay, Bird moved to Christchurch where he attended Lincoln University on a Rugby Scholarship.[5]
Bird was a member of the New Zealand Under 20 team won the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship in Italy.[6]
References
- ^ "Dominic Bird Canterbury Player Profile". Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ "Dominic Bird Crusaders Player Profile". stuff.co.nz. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ "Big lock spurns John Kirwan's overtures". stuff.co.nz. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ http://www.theroar.com.au/2013/11/01/lanky-nz-lock-bird-ready-for-test-debut/
- ^ "Super Rugby Profile: Crusaders – Dominic Bird". Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "Dominic Bird IRB JWC profile". Retrieved 29 October 2012.
External links
- 1991 births
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Canterbury rugby union players
- Crusaders (rugby union) players
- Chiefs (rugby union) players
- Super Rugby players
- Rugby union locks
- People from Waipukurau
- Living people
- Barbarian F.C. players
- New Zealand rugby union biography stubs