Gillies Kaka
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| Full name | Gillies Gene Kaka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 May 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | New Plymouth, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | New Plymouth Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Gillies Gene Kaka (born 28 May 1990 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand Olympian rugby union player for the Hino Red Dolphins.
Career
[edit]Kaka plays for the New Zealand National Rugby Sevens team. He made his debut at the Wellington Sevens. Kaka has participated in the 2014 Commonwealth Games where New Zealand won silver.[1][2] He was in the HSBC Dream Team alongside Tim Mikkelson. Kaka played for Hawkes Bay before becoming a full-time New Zealand National Rugby Sevens player.[3] Of Māori descent, Kaka affiliates to Ngāti Kahungunu and Te Arawa.[4]
Kaka was named in the New Zealand squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5][6][7] Kaka finished his sevens career with 33 competition appearances, 169 games, 65 tries and 807 points.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Wilson, Sam (7 July 2014). "NZ sevens team named for Comm Games". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ Hurndell, Shane (27 July 2016). "Sevens: Kaka smarts over silver". m.nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ Robson, Toby (12 November 2013). "Kaka chooses sevens, Tietjens eyes Rio". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics". Te Karere. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand names sevens teams for Rio Games". usatoday.com. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand sevens squads named for Olympics". All Blacks.com. 3 July 2016. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Sevens teams named for Rio". Newshub. 3 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Gillies Kaka". Sportsground.co.nz. 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
External links
[edit]- Gillies Kaka at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Gillies Kaka at All Blacks Sevens at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 August 2014)
- Gillies Kaka at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Gillies Kaka at Olympics.com
- Gillies Kaka at Olympedia
- Gillies Kaka at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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