Leroy Carter (rugby union)

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Leroy Carter
Full nameLeroy Bert Carter
Date of birth (1999-02-24) 24 February 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Tauranga, New Zealand
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb; 13 st 8 lb)
School Tauranga Boys' College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Half-back
Current team Bay of Plenty, Chiefs
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019– Bay of Plenty 22 (35)
Correct as of 20 January 2023
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019 New Zealand U20 7 (5)
Correct as of 20 June 2020

Leroy Carter (born 24 February 1999 in New Zealand) [1] is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the Chiefs in Super Rugby. His playing position is scrum-half. He has signed for the Chiefs wider training squad in 2020. [2] [3] [4]

Carter was named in the All Blacks Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [5] [6] He won a bronze medal at the event. [7] [8]

Reference list

  1. "Leroy Carter". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  2. "Adam Thomson joins replacement players" (Press release). Chiefs. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. "Leroy Carter". ESPN. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  4. "Gallagher Chiefs welcome replacement players from Chiefs regions" (Press release). Chiefs. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. "Rugby Sevens teams named for Commonwealth Games". allblacks.com. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  6. "Experienced New Zealand sevens squads revealed for Commonwealth Games". Stuff. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  7. McConnell, Lynn (1 August 2022). "Double bronze for New Zealand Sevens sides in Birmingham". allblacks.com. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  8. "NZ Sevens sides bounce back to win bronze medals". 1 News. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.


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