Brendon Edmonds

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Brendon Edmonds (Doogie)
Date of birth (1990-11-28) 28 November 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Ongaonga, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight112 kg (17 st 9 lb)
SchoolCentral Hawkes Bay College / Ongaonga Primary
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011–2015 Hawke's Bay 48 (10)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014 Hurricanes 1 (0)
2015–16 Highlanders 24 (5)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014 Māori All Blacks 3 (0)

Brendon Edmonds (born 28 November 1990) is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played as a prop forHawke's Bay in the ITM Cup [1] [2] and theHighlanders in Super Rugby. [3]

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Career

Hailing from the Hawke's Bay Region, Edmonds played during the 2006-2008 seasons for the Central Hawkes Bay College 1st XV along with the likes of Dominic Bird, Mua Sala & Andrew Burne. Edmonds then represented Hawkes Bay at Under 16, 18 and 20 level before making his senior breakthrough in 2011 where he came on in the ITM Cup Championship final in Palmerston North against Manawatu, helping his Magpies side win the title and get promoted to the 2012 ITM Cup Premiership. However it was the following year that Edmonds began making a name for himself with some strong displays in a good campaign for the Magpies. [3]

He was not initially named in any Super Rugby squads for the 2014 season, but some injuries to front-row players at the Hurricanes saw him called up to their wider training squad. [3] He debuted on 18 April 2014 as a second-half substitute in a 39–20 victory for the Hurricanes over theBlues in Wellington. [4]

Edmonds signed for theHighlanders for the 2015 Super Rugby season. [5] He was described as a powerful scrummager with a high work rate who performed well in the successful 2015 Super Rugby season for the Highlanders as they won the Super Rugby championship. [6]

His career was ended by a serious knee injury against the Western Force on April 1, 2016 which left him with nerve damage in his left knee.

Personal life

Edmonds is a New Zealander of Māori descent (Ngāti Kahungunu descent). [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hawke's Bay Magpies The Team". Hawke's Bay Magpies. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Brendon Edmonds itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Brendon Edmonds Hurricanes Player Profile". Hurricanes. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Hurricanes vs Blues 18 April 2014 Match Breakdown". SA Rugby. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Highlanders Bolster Forward Stocks for 2015" (Press release). Highlanders. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Brendon Edmonds | The Highlanders". thehighlanders.co.nz. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "5 players from Ngāti Porou named in "Maori All Blacks"". Ngāti Porou East Coast. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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