William Lloyd (rugby union)
| Full name | William Lloyd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 14 May 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 113 kg (17 st 11 lb; 249 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Orewa College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Lloyd (born 14 May 1990) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a lock for London Irish in the Aviva Premiership.[1][2][3]
Career
Lloyd played his junior rugby in the Template:Rut North Harbour region but moved over the bridge to Auckland in 2012 and played his club rugby with Auckland Marist.[1] He was called up by the Template:Rut Blues ahead of the 2014 Super Rugby season to train as an apprentice in the absence of the injured Culum Retallick, however he was unable to win a full-time contract.[4] He was subsequently part of the Template:Rut Auckland side for the 2014 ITM Cup and made 7 appearances which duly convinced the Blues to include him in their wider training group for 2015.[5]
Lloyd signed for London Irish for the remainder of the 2015/2016 Aviva Premiership season in early December. Lloyd said in a statement "Moving to London Irish presents me with a great opportunity to continue to play in one of the toughest leagues in the world. The facilities at Hazelwood are first class and there is a real ambition to push on in the competition. I’m delighted to be here and I’m looking forward to getting started.".[6]
On 1 March 2016 it was announced that Lloyd had signed a two-year contract extension which would see him remain at London Irish until the end of the 2017-18 season.[7]
References
- ^ a b "William Lloyd Auckland Player Profile". Auckland Rugby. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "William Lloyd itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "William Lloyd ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Blues on the hunt for top lock". TVNZ. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Blues 2015 Squad Naming" (PDF). All Blacks.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ http://www.london-irish.com/news/london-irish-sign-will-lloyd-from-auckland/bp602/
- ^ "London Irish re-sign Scott Steele and Will Lloyd". Premieship Rugby. Retrieved 1 March 2016.