Fletcher Newell

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Fletcher Newell
Date of birth (2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Rangiora, New Zealand
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Weight112 kg (247 lb) [1]
School Rangiora High School
UniversityLincoln University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Tighthead Prop
Current team Canterbury, Crusaders
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020– Canterbury 7 (0)
2021– Crusaders 3 (0)
Correct as of 3 December 2020
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019 New Zealand U20 3 (0)
2022– New Zealand 13 (5)
Correct as of 22 October 2023

Fletcher Newell (born 1 March 2000 in New Zealand) [2] is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays Prop for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and for the All Blacks in international matches.

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Biography

Newell was educated at Rangiora High School.

In 2019, Newell represented New Zealand at the Under 20 Championship in Argentina and was also named New Zealand's Rugby Age Grade Player of the Year. [3] [4] He was a member of the Canterbury 2020 Mitre 10 Cup squad. [5]

Newell was named in the Crusaders squad and made his debut in the 2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season. [6] [7] [3]

Newell made his international debut for New Zealand on 13 August 2022 against South Africa at Johannesburg. [8] [9]

Reference list

  1. 1 2 "Fletcher Newell player profile". rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Fletcher Newell". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 "'Pack your bags': All Blacks debutant Fletcher Newell jets proud dad to South Africa at eleventh hour". Stuff. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  4. ↑ Reive, Christopher (12 December 2019). "All the winners from the 2019 New Zealand Rugby Awards". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Forgotten Crusaders wing Manasa Mataele set to make his mark for Canterbury". stuff.co.nz. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Four players promoted from Crusaders Academy as Scott Robertson names 2021 Crusaders squad" (Press release). Crusaders. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Crusaders lose All Black Braydon Ennor for 2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa". Stuff.co.nz. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Rugby-All Blacks centre Goodhue to require knee surgery". Reuters. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  9. ↑ Johannesburg, Marc Hinton in (15 August 2022). "Fletcher Newell's big day out at Ellis Park comes up a winner for All Blacks". Stuff. Retrieved 30 August 2022.


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