Dave Duley
Full name | David Roy Duley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 26 December 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Matamata, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | The Southport School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Horse farm owner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Roy Duley (born 26 December 1976) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player.
Duley was born in Matamata and grew up on the Gold Coast from the age of 12, attending The Southport School. He partnered future Wallaby Nathan Sharpe in the second row of the school's first XV and toured with the Australian Schoolboys representative team, then gained further national honours playing for Australian Colts.[1]
A former Queensland Reds squad member, Duley got recruited by Gordon Tietjens to play for the Bay of Plenty, where he spent two seasons, before moving on to Waikato in 2003.[1] He made four appearances for the Chiefs during the 2004 Super 12 season, three of which came as a starting lock. At the end of 2004, Duley linked up with Welsh club Scarlets, qualifying as a local signing due to his grandfather being from Wrexham.[2] He competed for Edinburgh in 2006. After returning to New Zealand in 2007, Duley finished his career with Counties Manukau.[3]
Duley is the owner of Landsdowne Park, a thoroughbred horse farm in Ōhaupō.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Boock, Richard. "Lock, stock and barrelling". NZ Herald.
- ^ "Scarlets sign New Zealand forward". BBC News. 3 December 2004.
- ^ "Blackadder goes home". ESPN.com. 12 January 2006.
- ^ Wood, Jesse (22 November 2021). "The successful horse stud owner and his vast rugby career". NZ Herald.
- 1976 births
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Matamata
- Rugby union locks
- Chiefs (rugby union) players
- Bay of Plenty rugby union players
- Waikato rugby union players
- Counties Manukau rugby union players
- People educated at the Southport School
- Scarlets players
- Edinburgh Rugby players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Wales
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Scotland
- Queensland rugby union team players