Full name | Jacob William Laing Pierce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 10 September 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 106 kg (234 lb; 16 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Rosmini College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jacob William Laing Pierce (born 10 September 1997) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the Brave Lupus in the Japan Rugby League One . His position of choice is lock. [2] [3]
Jacob Pierce is eligible to represent Japan since he spent his first 10 years living in Yamaguchi, Shizuoka and Kanagawa.
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