Aidan Ross

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Aidan Ross
Date of birth (1995-10-25) 25 October 1995 (age 27)
Place of birth Sydney, 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 Bay of Plenty, Chiefs
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015– Bay of Plenty 53 (25)
2017– Chiefs 68 (10)
Correct as of 29 April 2023
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)
Correct as of 5 November 2022

Aidan Ross (born 25 October 1995) is an Australia-born New Zealand rugby union player who plays Prop for the Chiefs in the Super Rugby competition and for the All Blacks internationally. [1] [2]

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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. [3]

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] [4] He captained the Bay of Plenty when they won the 2019 Mitre 10 Cup Championship final. [5] [6]

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. [7] He made his international debut for New Zealand against Ireland on 9 July 2022 at Dunedin. [8] [9] [10]

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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. ↑ Wood, Matthew (17 May 2021). "Chiefs duo Aidan Ross and hooker Samisoni Taukeiaho pen new deals". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  4. ↑ Rice, Taylor (16 June 2022). "Meet Tauranga's new All Black". sunlive.co.nz. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Ross leads Bay of Plenty to final". Chiefs. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Bay of Plenty claim NPC promotion after dramatic finish". NZ Herald. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  7. ↑ 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. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "All Blacks stick with first test winners for second clash with Ireland". RNZ. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "PREVIEW: All Blacks v Ireland (Forsyth Barr Stadium)". allblacks.com. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Ireland set up a Steinlager Series decider in Wellington". allblacks.com. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
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