Anton Oliver

Anton Oliver

Player information
Full name	Anton David Oliver
birthday	September 9, 1975
place of birth	Invercargill , New Zealand
society
society	resigned
position	hooker
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
1993	Marlborough	1 (0)
1994-2007	Otago	84 (95)
1996-2007	Highlanders (Super 14)	127 (45)
2007-2008	Toulon	? (?)
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
1997-2007	New Zealand	59 (15)
Status: May 15, 2008 National team: October 6, 2007

Anton David Oliver (born September 9, 1975 in Invercargill ) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He played in the position of the hooker . From 1997 to 2007 he was a national player.

Oliver's last stop after the botched was Rugby World Cup 2007 and his departure from New Zealand of the RC Toulon , of the resurgence in the French Top 14 had just missed, yet strong attention was because it big rugby veterans like Tana Umaga and George Gregan for the time after the Rugby World Cup. He made it into the top 14 with the team and announced his retirement from active rugby at the end of the 2007/2008 season. Before that he played for the Highlanders in the Super 14 and for Otago in the Air New Zealand Cup . He was the first New Zealand player to appear in 100 super rugby games.

College and university time

Oliver was born in Invercargill and attended Marlborough Boys College . He made his debut in 1993 in provincial rugby for Marlborough against Nelson Bays. He also represented NZ Secondary Schools and the New Zealand U-19s in the same year. In 1994 he represented the U-19 and U-21, and for the next two years the U-21. He moved to Dunedin in 1994 to study at the University of Otago and made his debut for Otago.

All blacks

In 1997, at the age of 21, Oliver made his debut for the national team against Fiji . He has achieved a total of 15 international game points (3 attempts ).

Oliver was the first player to be the son of a former captain and the captain himself when he became captain of the All Blacks in 2001. Father Frank Oliver led the All Blacks in 1978.

In his book “Anton Oliver, inside” (2005) he spoke openly about the excessive drinking bouts that have found their way into the All Blacks. In this book, he spoke without shame about how a letter from a young fan made him pause for thought about his rowdy behavior, and extolled Wayne Smith and Andrew Martin for getting the All Blacks back "where they belong."

Oliver is a sponsor of the Coalition for Open Government .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nick Cain: Player exodus threatens world order. In: The Sunday Times . April 29, 2007, accessed April 30, 2007 . 

Web links

• Profile on allblacks.com