Jordan Lay
| Date of birth | 5 November 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | King's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | James Lay (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jordan Lay (born 5 November 1992)[1] is a Samoan rugby union player who has played 12 times for Samoa and recently played club rugby for Pro14 side Ospreys on loan from Gallagher Premiership Rugby side Bristol Bears.
Lay was born in Samoa, but moved to New Zealand with his parents at age 3 and went to school in Auckland.[2][3]
Playing career
In December 2017 Lay joined Pro14 side Edinburgh Rugby for the remainder of the season after a 2017 ITM Cup campaign with Bay of Plenty.[4] A request to add Lay to Edinburgh's European Challenge Cup squad in January 2018 was declined.[5]
On 23 August 2019, he was named in Samoa's 34-man training squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup,[6] before being named in the final 31 on 31 August.[7]
References
- ^ "Jordan Lay". ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Sport: Manu Samoa make three changes for Tonga match".
- ^ "Brothers united at the Bay of Plenty Steamers".
- ^ "Edinburgh sign Samoa prop Jordan Lay on short-term deal". 27 December 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Edinburgh face prop crisis as bid to add Jordan Lay is rejected". Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Airey, Thomas (23 August 2019). "Alalatoa headlines Manu Samoa pre-World Cup squad". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Two uncapped players in Samoa squad for Japan". rugbyworldcup.com. Rugby World Cup. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
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