Date of birth | 19 April 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of death | 17 June 2024 25) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Scots College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Stephen Bachop (father) Sue Garden-Bachop (mother) Jackson Garden-Bachop (brother) Graeme Bachop (uncle) Aaron Mauger (cousin) Nathan Mauger (cousin) Ivan Mauger (great uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Connor Garden-Bachop (19 April 1999 – 17 June 2024) was a New Zealand rugby union player who played for the Highlanders in Super Rugby. His regular playing position was wing. He signed for the Highlanders squad in 2020. [1] [2] [3]
Connor Garden-Bachop was born on 19 April 1999. [4] He attended Scots College in Wellington before joining Canterbury in the Mitre 10 Cup and subsequently Wellington in 2019. He was signed by the Highlanders in 2020 and made his debut against the Crusaders in 2021. In his first five Super Rugby games he scored three tries. [5]
Garden-Bachop was a New Zealander of European, Samoan, Tahitian, Cook Island and Māori descent (Ngāti Awa descent). [6] He died due to a "medical event" on 17 June 2024, at the age of 25. [7]
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