Connor Vest

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Connor Vest
Date of birth (1994-04-26) 26 April 1994 (age 30)
Place of birthAustralia
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight119 kg (262 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Current team Reds
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016–2018 Sydney 21 (17)
2019 NSW Country Eagles 4 (5)
2022– Reds 24 (5)
2022 Auckland 8 (0)
Correct as of 7 June 2024

Connor Vest (born 26 April 1994) [1] is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the Reds in Super Rugby. His playing position is lock. He was named in the Reds squad for Round 4 of the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season. [2] He had previously played in the National Rugby Championship for both Sydney and the NSW Country Eagles, being named in the Eagles squad for the 2019 National Rugby Championship. [3]

Reference list

  1. "Connor Vest". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. "Queensland Reds make three changes to starting XV to face Drua" (Press release). Queensland Reds. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  3. "Sydney and Country confirm NRC squads, Connor admits he wouldn't be where he is if wasn't for him mother Kathleen his younger brother Henry and his two sisters Elora and Ameila and last but not least he's fiancé". NSW Waratahs. 26 August 2019. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019.


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