Hamish Gard
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| Date of birth | 21 June 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hamish Gard (born 21 June 1985) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He played as a centre.[1]
Career
[edit]Gard attended Palmerston North Boys' High School. In 2003 Gard made the Hurricanes Secondary Schools Team. He played for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition between 2008-09, after 3 years for the Canterbury provincial team.[1]
He played for Montpellier in the French league Top 14 from February 2013 to December 2013; and returned for the 2014 season. Before and after he played for La Rochelle[2] in December 2013,then La Rochelle for 2014, before finally returning a third time in 2014-2015;[3] and played until 2015 when he signed for the Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars[4] (Japan) until 2017.[5][6]
Following his professional rugby career, Hamish accepted an offer to join Xigo as both a Project Manager in the construction industry and also a midfielder in the Div 3, 7 aside football team, The Xigoals. Hamish rewarded the investment early in his stint at Xigo netting 10 goals on the way to securing the Div 3 Championship and also the Golden Boot.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hamish Gard". rugbyhistory.co.nz. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Stade Rochelais: Hamish Gard holder at the opening against Agen". sudouest.fr. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
- ^ "European rugby challenge". rugbyunplugged.com.
- ^ "Top 14-Ray's rugby". raysrugby.com.
- ^ "Hamish Edward Arthur Gard". all.rugby.
- ^ "Top Challenge Series Top Challenge 1 Round 3". en.rugby.japan. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
External links
[edit]- "Hamish Gard". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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- Rugby union centres
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- People educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School
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