Craig Glendinning

Craig Glendinning

Birth name	Craig Rau Glendinning
Date of birth	(1973-01-12) 12 January 1973
Place of birth	Otahuhu, New Zealand
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	95 kg (210 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1997 Benetton Treviso () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1995–97, 2002–03 1998 2000 Template:Rut Counties Manukau Template:Rut Northland Template:Rut Southland 38 6 4 (15) (5) (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1997 1999–2001 New Zealand Māori Samoa 3 22 (5) (5)

Craig Rau Glendinning (born 12 January 1973) is a former New Zealand rugby union player, who represented both New Zealand Māori and Samoa. He usually played as a flanker.

Career

Born in Otahuhu, Glendinning played provincial rugby for Template:Rut Counties Manukau, Template:Rut Northland, and Template:Rut Southland. Of Māori descent, he played three matches for New Zealand Māori in 1997, before going on to play for Samoa between 1999 and 2001. His first cap for Samoa as a number 8 against Japan, at Osaka, on 22 May 1999. He played three matches for Samoa at the 1999 Rugby World Cup. His final cap for Samoa was against Fiji, at Tokyo, on 8 July 2001.