Rico Gear

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Rico Gear
Player information
Full name Rico Levi Gear
birthday February 26, 1978
place of birth Gisborne , New Zealand
Nickname Sneaks
society
society Kintetsu liners
position Outside three quarters and inside three quarters
Clubs as active
Years society Games (points)
1997-1998 Poverty Bay 10 (?)
1999 Auckland 5 (?)
2000-2001 Bay of Plenty 10 (?)
2002-2004 North Harbor 24 (?)
2005 Nelson Bays 3 (?)
2006-2007 Tasman 3 (?)
1999-2000 Blues (Super 14) (?) (?)
2001 Crusaders (Super 14) (?) (?)
2002-2003 Highlanders (Super 14) (?) (?)
2004 blues (?) (?)
2005-2007 Crusaders (?) (?)
2007-2010 Worcester 66 (90)
2010- Kintetsu liners
National team
Years National team Games (points)
2004-2007 New Zealand 20 (65)
2002-2005 New Zealand Māori (?) (?)

Status: August 31, 2010
National team: June 30, 2007

Rico Levi Gear (born February 26, 1978 in Gisborne ) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He is a specialized right outer three-quarters , but can also take on the inner three-quarter positions.

Career

Gear was educated at Gisborne Boys' High; he then studied anthropology for two years at Massey University , with a focus on the culture and language of the Māori . At the 1998 Commonwealth Games he played 7-a-side rugby and won the gold medal with the New Zealand team.

In 1997 he made his debut in provincial rugby, playing for Poverty Bay against King Country . Since then he has played for various provincial teams: Auckland , Bay of Plenty , North Harbor , Nelson Bays and Tasman. He made his Super 12 debut for the Blues against the Queensland Reds in 1999 . He also had a contract with the Highlanders , but his career only really got going when he joined the Crusaders at the end of the 2004 season . Gear completed every game in the 2005 season for the Crusaders, twelve as outer three-quarters and one as inner three-quarters, and made 15 attempts for the Super 12 winners of 2005. He was also Super 12 Player of the Year and Memorial Māori Player " of the year.

Gear made his international debut on July 10, 2004 in a game against the Pacific Islanders , in which he also scored a try. He then played several times against the British and Irish Lions during their tour to New Zealand in 2005. He was a regular outside three-quarters (No. 14) of the Crusaders in the 2006 Super 14 season. Gear has a younger brother named Hosea who plays as the outer three-quarters for Wellington and the Hurricanes . He also became a New Zealand national player in 2008.

Gear has signed a three-year contract with the English club Worcester Warriors and played after the end of the 2007 World Cup in the Guinness Premiership for the Worcester Warriors. In 2010 he moved to Japan to join the Kintetsu Liners .

statistics

  • Games in Super 12 / Super 14 : 68
  • Points in Super 12 / Super 14: 165 (33 attempts)
  • Super 12 champions with the Crusasers: 2005
  • International matches: 19
  • Points in international matches: 55 (11 attempts)
  • Winner Tri Nations 2005

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personal data
SURNAME Gear, Rico
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gear, Rico Levi (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand rugby union player
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Gisborne