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Brendon Timmins

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Brendon Timmins
Full nameBrendon Paul Timmins
Date of birth (1970-08-22) 22 August 1970 (age 54)
Place of birthDannevirke, New Zealand
UniversityUniversity of Otago
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1992–99 Otago 74 (30)
2000–02 Southland 24 (20)
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
1996–02 Highlanders 42 (15)

Brendon Paul Timmins (born 22 August 1970 in Dannevirke) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player.[1]

A lock, Timmins was a New Zealand Universities representative player during the early 1990s and captained the side to victory against Fiji in 1994.[2] At club level, Timmins represented Dunedin-based teams Otago University and Zingari-Richmond, and also Invercargill's Eastern Hawks (now Pirates Oldboys).

Timmins competed for the Highlanders between 1996 and 2002, making 42 Super 12 appearances, including the 1999 final loss to the Crusaders.[3] At provincial level, Timmins played 74 games for Otago and captained Southland for two seasons, before coaching professional rugby in Japan.[4]

Since retiring from rugby, Timmins has continued in sport, competing in the New Zealand Masters Games at both basketball and waka ama.[4] During his time at the University of Otago, Timmins completed a degree and postgraduate diploma in Physical Education Teaching and Coaching. He is currently a senior lecturer at Otago Polytechnic.

Timmins is the father of basketball player Sam Timmins.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Brendon Paul Timmins". New Zealand Rugby History.
  2. ^ "Rugby: Strong NZ Universities team named to tour Japan". NZ Herald.
  3. ^ Seconi, Adrian (30 July 2015). "Rugby: Trio hoping side can go one better". Otago Daily Times.
  4. ^ a b Hodge, Kayla (3 February 2024). "Timmins reminded of his rugby days". Otago Daily Times.
  5. ^ "Proud father says Sam Timmins has exceeded expectations to earn court time in Div 1". NZ Herald. 8 December 2016.