Jason Hammond

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Jason Hammond
Full nameJason Philip Hammond
Date of birth (1974-11-09) 9 November 1974 (age 50)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker / Prop
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1995–03, 2008 Northland 102 (40)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1998 Chiefs 4 (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1998 New Zealand Maori 2 (0)
1998 New Zealand "A" 1 (0)

Jason Philip Hammond (born 9 November 1974) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player.

A front-row forward, Hammond played his provincial rugby with Northland and competed with the Chiefs during the 1998 Super 12 season. He earned New Zealand Maori representative honours as a hooker in 1998 and also toured Western Samoa that year with New Zealand "A". [1]

Hammond's maternal grandfather was from Fiji and an attempt was made in 2003 to draft him into the Fijian squad for the World Cup, but the IRB ruled him ineligible due to his NZ "A" appearance. [2]

Retiring after the 2003 season, Hammond was left stranded on 99 Northland caps, despite mistakenly having been awarded a blazer to celebrate a century of games, but got his opportunity to bring up the milestone when he made a comeback in 2008 as injury cover. [3]

Hammond received a sentence of five months community detention by the Whangārei District Court in 2018 for a one-punch assault the previous year, which left the victim with a fractured skull. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Jason Philip Hammond". New Zealand Rugby History.
  2. ↑ "Rugby: Northland's Hammond can't play for Fiji". NZ Herald . 1 August 2003.
  3. ↑ "Stalwart in call-up for 101st turnout". NZ Herald. 12 September 2008.
  4. ↑ "Former Northland rugby rep convicted of assault". NZ Herald. 13 August 2018.
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