Craig Glendinning

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Craig Glendinning
Birth nameCraig Rau Glendinning
Date of birth (1973-01-12) 12 January 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Ōtāhuhu, New Zealand
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight95 kg (210 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1997 Benetton Treviso ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1995–97, 2002–03 Counties Manukau 38 (15)
1998 Northland 6 (5)
2000 Southland 4 (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1997 New Zealand Māori 3 (5)
1999–2001 Samoa 22 (5)

Craig Rau Glendinning (born 12 January 1973) is a former New Zealand rugby union player, who represented both New Zealand Māori and Samoa. He usually played as a flanker. [1] [2]

Career

Born in Ōtāhuhu, [3] Glendinning played provincial rugby for Counties Manukau, Northland, and Southland. [1] Of Māori descent, [4] he played three matches for New Zealand Māori in 1997, [1] before going on to play for Samoa between 1999 and 2001. [3] His first cap for Samoa as a number 8 against Japan, at Osaka, on 22 May 1999. [2] [3] He played three matches for Samoa at the 1999 Rugby World Cup. [3] His final cap for Samoa was against Fiji, at Tokyo, on 8 July 2001. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Craig R Glendinning". New Zealand Rugby History. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Statsguru player analysis: Craig Glendinning". ESPNScrum. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Craig Glendinning". ESPNScrum. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  4. ↑ John Morrison (2 December 1999). "Flanker signs for Southland". Southland Times. p. 28 – via EBSCOHost. Having a Samoan father and a Maori mother has also enabled him to play his rugby at the highest level including 11 consecutive internationals for Western Samoa in the No 7 jersey.


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