Mike Delany
Birth name | Michael Peter Delany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 15 June 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rotorua, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Rotorua Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mike Peter Delany (born 15 June 1982) is a New Zealand rugby union player currently who plays for the Template:Rut Crusaders in Super Rugby and Template:Rut Bay of Plenty in the Mitre 10 Cup.
Delany plays at fly-half but can also cover fullback. Prior to playing for the Template:Rut Chiefs, he played for the Template:Rut Highlanders in Super Rugby.[1] Delany was chosen as one of 4 new caps to the New Zealand team for their End of Year of tour of 2009, playing one match on the tour.[2] In 2011 he signed for the Panasonic Wild Knights. In 2012, due to injuries to both starting and back up five-eighths Colin Slade and Lima Sopoaga for the Highlanders, Delany signed with his former team to fill the position until they returned. Whilst still under contract with the Panasonic Wild Knights, he played on loan at Clermont Auvergne, but signed a two-year deal with the French club in April 2013. On 19 February 2015, Delany travelled to England to join Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership on a three-year deal.[3]
References
- ^ "Player Profiles". Chiefs.co.nz. 15 June 1982. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Four new caps in All Blacks squad – Sport – NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. 18 October 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Newcastle Falcons have signed former New Zealand fly-half Mike Delany from French side Clermont Auvergne". BBC Sport. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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- Use dmy dates from August 2011
- 1982 births
- Bay of Plenty rugby union players
- Panasonic Wild Knights players
- Highlanders (rugby union) players
- Chiefs (rugby union) players
- ASM Clermont Auvergne players
- Living people
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Rotorua
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Expatriate rugby union players in France
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in France
- Rugby union fly-halves
- People educated at Rotorua Boys' High School