Birth name | Joel Faulkner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 May 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joel Faulkner (born 5 May 1991 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a rugby union footballer who plays as a utility back.
He has been named in the Reds Extended Playing Squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season on the back of his performances for his local club Easts. [1] [2] Faulkner represented Australia under 20 in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship in Italy. [3]
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