Vernon Fredericks
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| Date of birth | 7 July 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg (16 st 10 lb; 234 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vernon Fredericks (born 7 July 1990) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the Template:Rut Tasman Mako in the Mitre 10 Cup competition. His position of choice is flanker.
Tasman
Fredericks made his debut for Tasman in 2011, playing at hooker, but then began playing at his current position of flanker. Throughout his years at the Mako, Fredericks has made many appearances for the franchise and in 2017 he played in his 50th game for the Mako against Template:Rut Otago with Tasman winning 29–27. Since then Fredericks has made 6 appearances for the Mako as in Round 1 of the 2018 Mitre 10 Cup when the Mako were playing Template:Rut Canterbury, Fredericks suffered a season ending injury after just eight minutes on the field.
Super Rugby
Fredericks made his debut for the Template:Rut Crusaders in 2017 when the Template:Rut Chiefs played the Crusaders in Suva, Fiji. He came into the squad as a replacement for injured Matt Todd and became Crusader #213 with just seven minutes remaining in the match with the Template:Rut Chiefs having just scored a try. The Crusaders however did win the match 24-31.
References
- "Vernon Fredericks". Mako.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- "Rugby - Player statistics Fredericks Vernon - club stats". Itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- "Past Results". www.superrugby.co.nz. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- "Vernon Fredericks' Crusaders debut two years after brain surgery reward for determination, perseverance". i.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 9 October 2018.