Aidan Ross

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Aidan Ross
Born (1995-10-25) 25 October 1995 (age 29)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight111 kg (245 lb; 17 st 7 lb)
School Tauranga Boys' College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Queensland Reds
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015–2024 Bay of Plenty 63 (25)
2017–2025 Chiefs 101 (15)
2025– Queensland Reds 1 (0)
Correct as of 2 July 2025
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015 New Zealand U20 3 (0)
2017 New Zealand Barbarians 1 (0)
2022 New Zealand 1 (0)
2022 All Blacks XV 1 (0)
2025 ANZAC XV 1 (0)
2025 Australia (0)
Correct as of 2 July 2025

Aidan Ross (born 25 October 1995) is an Australian-born New Zealand rugby union player who plays prop for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition and formerly for the All Blacks internationally. [1] [2] He has been added to the Wallabies squad for the final test against the 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia. [3]

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Biography

Ross debuted for the Bay of Plenty in 2015 and was also a member of the New Zealand Under-20 squad who won the Under-20 Championship in Italy. [4]

In 2017, he was called into the Chiefs squad as an injury cover and made his debut against the Western Force on 22 April. [2] [5] He captained the Bay of Plenty when they won the 2019 Mitre 10 Cup Championship final. [6] [7]

In 2021, Ross was called into the All Blacks squad as an injury cover for Karl Tu'inukuafe ahead of the second test against Fiji but did not get to play. [8] He made his international debut for New Zealand against Ireland on 9 July 2022 at Dunedin. [9] [10] [11]

Ross was the thirteenth player, and first prop, to play 100 games for the Chiefs. He reached the milestone in the first round of the 2025 finals, against the Blues, and ended with 101 caps. [12] [13]

In December 2024, Ross signed a three-year contract with the Queensland Reds beginning in July 2025 until the end of the 2027 Super Rugby season. [14] Ross played his last match for the Chiefs on 21 June 2025 in the Super Rugby Pacific final, in which the Chiefs suffered defeat against the Crusaders. He made his Reds debut on 2 July 2025 in a match against the British & Irish Lions as part of their 2025 Australian tour.

On 28 July he was added to the Wallabies squad for the third and final test of the tour. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Aidan Ross". www.chiefs.co.nz. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 Goile, Aaron (18 June 2022). "Dismantled to dominant: How Chiefs scrum turnaround led Aidan Ross to All Blacks". Stuff . Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Former All Black Aidan Ross on cusp of Wallabies debut against Lions". Stuff. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  4. ↑ Wood, Matthew (17 May 2021). "Chiefs duo Aidan Ross and hooker Samisoni Taukeiaho pen new deals". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  5. ↑ Rice, Taylor (16 June 2022). "Meet Tauranga's new All Black". sunlive.co.nz. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Ross leads Bay of Plenty to final". Chiefs. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Bay of Plenty claim NPC promotion after dramatic finish". The New Zealand Herald . 25 October 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  8. ↑ Powell, Alex (11 July 2021). "Rugby: All Blacks call-up Chiefs prop Aidan Ross as injury cover for Karl Tu'inukuafe ahead of second test against Fiji". Newshub . Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "All Blacks stick with first test winners for second clash with Ireland". RNZ . 7 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "PREVIEW: All Blacks v Ireland (Forsyth Barr Stadium)". allblacks.com. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Ireland set up a Steinlager Series decider in Wellington". allblacks.com. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  12. ↑ Goile, Aaron (5 June 2025). "'So grateful and privileged': Chiefs' Aidan Ross embraces emotion of milestone match". Waikato Times. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "Aidan Ross - Profile". chiefs.co.nz. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "Gallagher Chiefs' Aidan Ross signs three-year deal with Queensland Reds". The New Zealand Herald . 10 December 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2025.


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