Kirwan Sanday

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Kirwan Sanday
Date of birth (1991-02-13) 13 February 1991 (age 30)
Place of birth Canberra, Australia
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight118 kg (18 st 8 lb; 260 lb)
School St Joseph's College, Nudgee
Notable relative(s) John Sanday (uncle)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Queensland Country
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014, 2016–pres.
2015
Queensland Country
Sydney Stars
6
3
0
0
Correct as of 9 October 2016
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017–pres. Reds 9 0
Correct as of 2 June 2017
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009–2010
2015
Fiji Under-20
Fiji Warriors
5
1
(8)
(0)
Correct as of 27 May 2015

Kirwan Sanday is an Australian professional rugby union player of Fijian descent. He plays for the Reds and his usual position is prop. [1]

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Early life

Kirwan Sanday was born in Canberra. [1] He is the nephew of John Sanday, the former international rugby player for Fiji. [2] Sanday attended St Joseph's College, Nudgee in Brisbane and was selected for the Queensland team at the Australian Schools Rugby Championships. [1]

Rugby career

Sanday joined the Easts Tigers to play in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition. He played for Fiji Under-20 in 2009 and 2010 at the World Championships. [3] [2] Sanday was selected for the Fiji Warriors against Argentina XV in Uruguay in 2015, [4] and for Queensland Country in the National Rugby Championship.

He made his Super Rugby debut on 27 March 2017, [3] and played off the bench in nine matches of the 2017 season. [3] [5]

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References

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