Leon MacDonald
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Marlborough College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Professional rugby union footballer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leon Raymond MacDonald (born 21 December 1977 in Blenheim) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays first five-eighths (fly-half) and fullback.
He made his provincial debut for Marlborough against Buller in 1994. He plays for the Crusaders in the Super 14 and for Canterbury in the National Provincial Championship. He is a prodigious goalkicker. He is rare among New Zealand exported players, because he played even better after his return from Japan. Im 2008, Sky Sport's Reunion awarded him the Crusader's MVP title for their Super 14 title winning season.
MacDonald was born in Blenheim, New Zealand, and attended Marlborough Boys' College. [citation needed] He plays for Burnside in the Christchurch premier competition. He made his All Blacks debut age 22, versus Scotland in 2000. He has currently scored a total of 131 test points (12 tries, 25 conversions, 7 penalties) in the 43 tests he has played. He has also played for New Zealand Maori in which he has played 3 games and scored 10 points. He scored the winning try for the NZ Maori against the British and Irish Lions in 2005 in Hamilton.
In the 2003 Rugby World Cup, he was shifted from fullback to centre by All Blacks backline coach Robbie Deans. This proved to be a failure, and was the last time he was ever to be played at centre. In 2005, he was shifted to flyhalf against the Lions by All Blacks backline coach Wayne Smith. This again proved to be a failure as he was never to be played there again.
He has played for Yamaha Jubilo in Japan.
He has also played for Marlborough in the Hawke Cup when they won it in the 1993-94.
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Template:New Zealand Squad 2006 Tri Nations Template:2002 Crusaders rugby team
- 1977 births
- Living people
- All Blacks
- New Zealand Māori people
- New Zealand rugby union footballers
- Canterbury rugby union footballers
- Crusaders rugby union footballers
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Expatriate rugby union footballers in Japan
- People from Marlborough, New Zealand