Jason Spice

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Jason Spice
Date of birth (1974-12-07) 7 December 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Matamata, New Zealand
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight85 kg (13 st 5 lb) [1]
School Matamata College
University Waikato University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Halfback/Scrum-half
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1995–1998 Waikato ()
1999–2000 Wellington ()
2009–2010 Bristol ()
2010 Launceston RUFC ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2004–2007 Ospreys 78 (62)
2007–2009 Cardiff Blues 46 (30)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1998–1999 Blues ()
1999–2003 Hurricanes ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2001 New Zealand 0

Jason Edward Spice (born 7 December 1974) is a New Zealand international rugby union player and first-class cricketer. His position of choice is as a scrum-half.

Spice was born in Matamata, NZ. He is a former New Zealand age-group cricketer who played for Hamilton in the Hawke Cup, then the Northern Districts Knights at first-class level, mainly as a left-arm spinner and lower-order batsman, before his position in the team was taken by Daniel Vettori. [2]

Spice then turned his attention to rugby, which he had also starred at in secondary school. He made the Waikato NPC team and played six games for the Blues in 1998 before transferring to Wellington, where he played 61 games for the province and 66 for the Hurricanes Super Rugby franchise. Spice was a New Zealand A tourist to Europe in 2000. He was called up as a substitute for the All Blacks against Argentina in 2001 and was again on standby for the 2002 end of season tour.

After leaving the Hurricanes in 2004, he played three seasons and 77 games for the Ospreys in Wales, 48 games for Cardiff and a staggering 31 games in one season with Bristol. Spice joined Bristol RFC from the Cardiff Blues in May 2009. He was considered a good signing for Bristol Rugby because as well as playing his regular position of scrum half he could also cover at fly half, which became evident as the Ospreys struggled with injuries and international call-ups for that position. In June 2010, Spice bought out the remainder of his contract with Bristol Rugby after it was announced that Bristol was asking their players to take a 50% pay cut following their failure to regain promotion to the Aviva Premiership. He then picked up short-term contracts with Leicester, Launceston and Newcastle before returning home to New Zealand.

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References

  1. ↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby – Newcastle Falcons". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Mace, Devon V. (12 February 2016). "SPIN: A New Zealand story". Mind The Windows. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
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