Aaron Mauger
| Player information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aaron Joseph Douglas Mauger | |
| birthday | November 29, 1980 | |
| place of birth | Christchurch , New Zealand | |
| society | ||
| society | Career ended | |
| position | Inner three quarters | |
| Clubs as active | ||
| Years | society | Games (points) |
| 1999-2006 | Canterbury | 42 (?) |
| 2000-2007 | Crusaders (Super 14) | 89 (154) |
| 2007-2010 | Leicester Tigers | 46 (42) |
| National team | ||
| Years | National team | Games (points) |
| 2001-2007 | New Zealand | 45 (90) |
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Status: July 28, 2010 |
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Aaron Joseph Douglas Mauger (born November 29, 1980 in Christchurch , New Zealand ) is a former New Zealand rugby union player on the position of the inner three quarters . He is the younger brother of former New Zealand rugby union player Nathan Mauger . Her uncles Graeme and Stephen Bachop were also New Zealand rugby union internationals from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. Also, another uncle named Ivan Mauger won the World Speedway Championship six times .
Mauger began his professional career in his native New Zealand in 1999 with Canterbury in the National Provincial Championship (since 2006 Air New Zealand Cup ). A year later he made his debut in super rugby for the Crusaders . During this time Canterbury won the New Zealand provincial championship in 2001 and 2004 and defended the Ranfurly Shield 23 times from September 23, 2000 to October 11, 2003 and from September 5, 2004 to September 24, 2006 14 times. With the Crusaders, he also won the super rugby title four times (2000, 2002, 2005, 2006). In 2002 the Crusaders had a perfect season ; they remained unbeaten in all preliminary round matches, in the semi-finals and in the final. In 2003 and 2004 they were only defeated in the final. Until 2003 and 2004, respectively, his brother Nathan also played for Canterbury and the Crusaders. However, unlike Aaron, he never made the breakthrough with the latter.
Mauger was the captain of the New Zealand U-21 national team and led them twice in 2000 and 2001 to titles at the rugby junior world championships . In 2001 he also made his debut for the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks , at the annual November international games . His brother was also appointed to the squad, but did not complete a single official international match. After that, Aaron Mauger was continuously in the national team until he left New Zealand in 2007 and quickly fought for a regular place. With the All Blacks he won the annual Tri Nations five times (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007) and in 2003 the Bledisloe Cup , which they lost in 1998, back from Australia . The New Zealanders defend this uninterruptedly to this day. In 2005 he won all three games with the national team against the British and Irish Lions and won the second Grand Slam in their history. The latter denotes victories of a national team from the southern hemisphere in the same season against all four British national teams, the so-called Home Nations. He also took part in the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia as a regular player. There, however, the favored All Blacks failed in the semifinals against the host and arch rival, the Australian Wallabies, with 10:22. At the Rugby World Cup 2007 he was also there, but was pushed to the bench by his younger competitor Luke McAlister . In the completely surprising 18:20 quarter-final defeat against hosts and feared opponents France , which also meant the worst performance of the New Zealanders of all time at a rugby World Cup, he was not even on the bench. After the World Cup he signed a contract with the top European team Leicester Tigers from England.
He played for the English first division club in the Guinness Premiership and was vice-captain of the team. With these he became English champion in 2009. In the same year, however, the Tigers failed in the final of the Rugby European Cup against the Irish team Leinster . In both games Mauger could not play due to an injury towards the end of the season.
In March 2010, he resigned from professional rugby due to a back injury. He had previously visited several clinics in the UK and Germany to have the injury treated and to be able to play again, but was no longer able to exercise without excruciating pain. In June 2010 he returned to New Zealand with his family.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Injury forces Leicester Tigers' Aaron Mauger to retire ( Memento from May 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Aaron Mauger announces retirement from rugby . In: BBC Sport , March 30, 2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mauger, Aaron |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mauger, Aaron Joseph Douglas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand rugby union player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Christchurch |