Nehe Milner-Skudder

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Nehe Milner-Skudder
Nehe Milner-Skudder
Player information
Full name Neighbor Rihara Milner-Skudder
birthday December 15, 1990
place of birth Taihape , New Zealand
size 182 cm
Nickname Skudz
society
society Hurricanes ( Super 14 ) and
Manawatu Turbos
position Goalkeeper , winger
National team
Years National team Games (points)
2014 New Zealand Māori 2 (10)
2015– New Zealand 8 (40)

Status: October 31, 2015
National team October 31, 2015

Nehe Rihara Milner-Skudder (born December 15, 1990 in Taihape ) is a New Zealand rugby union player. Milner-Skudder, who is particularly active as a goalkeeper in the club , became rugby union world champion in 2015 as a winger with the All Blacks . In the same year, Milner-Skudder was named “Newcomer of the Year” by the World Rugby Union Federation .

Career

Milner-Skudder started his professional career in rugby league before for the 2011 Manawatu Turbos in the ITM Cup got in. Nehe Milner-Skudder has been part of the Hurricanes' squad since the 2015 super rugby season .

In 2014, Milner-Skudder was invited to the New Zealand Māori year-end tour of Japan, before his first appearance for the New Zealand national rugby union team - the All Blacks - in 2015 . In his first international match against Australia , which took place in Sydney on August 8, 2015 , he was able to make two attempts . In the following two months, Milner-Skudder was part of the squad for the Rugby Union World Cup 2015 , in which he made six attempts - including one in the final against the Australian Wallabies - and together with the All Blacks the 2011 World Cup could defend.

Others

Nehe Milner-Skudder has both Morian and Tongan roots and is a nephew of George Skudder, who was also used as a winger for the All Blacks between 1969 and 1973. The late Henare "Buff" Milner, who in 1970 played several times for the national team as an inner three-quarters, was a cousin of Milner-Skudder's mother. Skudder and Milner have never played a joint international match.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SEE MILNER-SKUDDER New Zealand. ESPN , accessed January 13, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Nehe Milner-Skudder. Eurosport , accessed January 13, 2016 .
  3. ^ Rugby: 50,000 celebrate the All Blacks. op-online.de, November 4, 2015, accessed on January 13, 2016 .
  4. Jump up ↑ George Skudder # 678. allblacks.com, accessed January 13, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Milner-Skudder, Nehe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Milner-Skudder, Nehe Rihara (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand rugby union player
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Taihape