Rory van Vugt
Appearance
Full name | Rory Franklin van Vugt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 8 October 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Balclutha, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | South Otago High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rory van Vugt (born 8 October 1997) is a New Zealand rugby union player, who currently plays as a wing or fullback for the Highlanders in Super Rugby[1][2] and Southland in New Zealand's domestic National Provincial Championship competition.[3]
He previously played for Rugby ATL in Major League Rugby (MLR).[3]
In 2019, van Vugt was named as a player to watch by allblacks.com.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ @Highlanders (23 May 2022). "Welcome to the Club 👏 #325 - Rory Van Vugt #326 - Luca Inch" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 May 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Highlanders named for return to Melbourne". Highlanders (Press release). 26 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "Five players to watch: Southland". allblacks.com. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- New Zealand people of Dutch descent
- People educated at South Otago High School
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Balclutha, New Zealand
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Rugby union wings
- Southland rugby union players
- Rugby Football Club Los Angeles players
- Highlanders (rugby union) players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in the United States
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1990s birth stubs