Date of birth | 27 April 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Ōpōtiki, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 101 kg (223 lb; 15 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Ōpōtiki College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dylan Collier (born 27 April 1991) is a New Zealand professional rugby union player who plays as a forward and captains the New Zealand national sevens team.
A goal kicking winger, Collier was a New Zealand Warriors junior and played in their 2011 National Youth Competition Grand Final winning side. In 2012 Collier played for the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup. [1]
Collier signed for Waikato in 2013 and made his New Zealand rugby sevens debut in 2015 after playing for Waikato at the National Sevens Championship. [2] [3] He joined the Southland Stags for the 2016 Mitre 10 Cup. [4]
Collier was part of the All Blacks Sevens squad that won a bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [5] [6] [7] [8]
In 2024, He led New Zealand at the Paris Olympics. [9] [10]