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George Bower (rugby union)

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George Bower
Full nameGeorge Gadai Bower
Date of birth (1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 (age 32)
Place of birthWellington, New Zealand
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight115 kg (254 lb; 18 st 2 lb)
SchoolTaita College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Otago, Crusaders
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014– Otago 20 (0)
2019– Crusaders 23 (0)
Correct as of 22 October 2020
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020 South Island 1 (0)
2020 All Blacks 0 (0)
Correct as of 22 October 2020

George (Giorgio) Bower (born in Lower Hutt hospital New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union. He began his rugby in Wellington playing for Avalon rugby club, following that he made his first-ever representative team playing for Wellington U20s in 2011. In 2014, Bower then moved to Dunedin to play for the Harbour Hawks RFC and then played one game for Otago ITM cup team that year as an injury replacement. Nicknamed the "Fijian Bulldozer" and “Humble Horse” by his fans, and "The Fijian Prince" by others.

He didn't make an appearance for Otago until 2018 when he was called in as injury cover again. Bower managed to play 7 more games for an Otago in 2018.

In 2019 Bower was named in the Crusaders pre season and made his debut in round 4. In November 2019 Bower was named in the 2020 Crusaders Squad.[1]

In October 2020 All Black Coach Ian Foster named Bower as a wider squad member of the All Blacks team to Australia.

Reference list

  1. ^ "The Team | Players, Stats and Information | Crusaders". crusaders.co.nz. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

External links

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/113860900/super-rugby-george-bowers-rise-from-makeshift-barber-to-crusaders-prop