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| Date of birth | 21 June 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hamish Gard (born 21 June 1985) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He played as a centre. [1]
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Hamish Gard (born 21 June 1985) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He played as a centre. [1]
Gard attended Palmerston North Boys' High School. In 2003 Gard made the Hurricanes Secondary Schools Team. He played for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition between 2008-09, after 3 years for the Canterbury provincial team. [1]
He played for Montpellier in the French league Top 14 from February 2013 to December 2013; and returned for the 2014 season. Before and after he played for La Rochelle [2] in December 2013,then La Rochelle for 2014, before finally returning a third time in 2014-2015; [3] and played until 2015 when he signed for the Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars [4] (Japan) until 2017. [5] [6]
Following his professional rugby career, Hamish accepted an offer to join Xigo as both a Project Manager in the construction industry and also a midfielder in the Div 3, 7 aside football team, The Xigoals. Hamish rewarded the investment early in his stint at Xigo netting 10 goals on the way to securing the Div 3 Championship and also the Golden Boot.
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