Greg Somerville
.jpg) Greg Somerville (2011) |
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| Player information | ||
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| Full name | Greg Mardon Somerville | |
| birthday | November 28, 1977 | |
| place of birth | Wairoa , New Zealand | |
| society | ||
| society | Gloucester RFC | |
| position | pier | |
| Clubs as active | ||
| Years | society | Games (points) |
| 1998-2007 | Canterbury | 54 (0) |
| 1999-2008 | Crusaders (Super 14) | 101 (35) |
| 2008-2010 | Gloucester RFC | 13 (0) |
| 2011– | Melbourne Rebels | |
| National team | ||
| Years | National team | Games (points) |
| 2000-2008 | New Zealand | 66 (5) |
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Status: April 25, 2009 |
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Greg Mardon Somerville (born November 28, 1977 in Wairoa , New Zealand ) is a New Zealand rugby union player . Somerville plays for England's Gloucester RFC in the Aviva Premiership . Until 2008 he was in the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks .
Despite a serious injury sustained in 2006, he made it into the Rugby Union World Cup squad in 2007, as he did in 2003. He is a front-row striker who plays in the right pillar position. Somerville made his international debut against Tonga in 2000 when the All Blacks won 102-0. Somerville needed 41 caps before scoring his first and only attempt for the All Blacks. That happened against Fiji in 2005. This makes Somerville the All Black who took the longest to lay his first try. He played his 50th international match against Argentina in June 2006 in Buenos Aires .
Before Somerville signed a two-and-a-half year contract with Guinness Premiership club Gloucester and left New Zealand, he played provincial rugby for Canterbury Rugby Football Union and in Super 14 for the Crusaders , for whom he made 101 after debuting against the Chiefs in 1999 Games completed. Somerville's nickname is Yoda , named after the fictional character from Star Wars .
On December 20, he injured himself seriously in his first league game for Gloucester in his left eye, which is why he had to undergo surgery and was out for two months. Somerville will play for the Melbourne Rebels in the expanded Super 14 from 2011 .
Web links
- Profile on allblacks.com
- Greg Somerville . Gloucester Rugby, archived from the original onApril 25, 2009; accessed on August 12, 2014(English, original website no longer available).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eye surgery for Somerville . All Blacks , December 24, 2008; archived from the original on July 17, 2012 ; accessed on June 5, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Somerville, Greg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Somerville, Greg Mardon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand rugby union player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wairoa , New Zealand |