Blair Urlich
| Full name | Blair Wolfgang Urlich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 January 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kaitaia, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blair Wolfgang Urlich (born 26 January 1975) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player.
Rugby career
[edit]A loose forward from Kaitaia, Urlich played for Northland under-19s and got his start in first-class rugby in 1998 with North Harbour, going on to make 50 provincial appearances.[1] He featured once for the Blues in each of the 2000 and 2001 Super 12 seasons, then found more regular selection during their 2002 campaign, playing eight games. After being overlooked by the Blues in 2003, Urlich continued his career in Japan, playing for the Mitsubishi DynaBoars. He had a season with Northland in 2008 and the following year was appointed coach of Takapuna.[2]
Representative
[edit]Urlich represented Croatia in rugby sevens and toured Australia in 2002 with New Zealand Māori.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Urlich celebrates return with one-year contract". NZ Herald. 6 June 2008.
- ^ "Urlich returns to coach Takapuna". NZ Herald. 21 March 2009.
- ^ Rattue, Chris (3 February 2003). "Rejected Urlich heads for Japan". NZ Herald.
- 1975 births
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Māori All Blacks players
- North Harbour rugby union players
- Northland rugby union players
- Blues (Super Rugby) players
- Rugby union players from the Northland Region
- Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Croatian rugby union players
- Male rugby sevens players
- People from Kaitaia