Birth name | Liam Coombes-Fabling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 7 July 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (13 st 1 lb; 183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | St. John's College, Hamilton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Liam Coombes-Fabling (born 7 July 1998) is a New Zealand rugby union player for Waikato in the National Provincial Championship (NPC). His playing position is wing.
Coombes-Fabling attended St. John's College, Hamilton. [1]
Coombes-Fabling played for the Waikato under-19s team at the Jock Hobbs Memorial Tournament in 2017. Playing at first five-eighth, Coombes-Fabling led Waikato to the final; they would go on to lose 30–17 in the final against Auckland. [2]
Since 2020 he has played for Waikato in the NPC. He scored 3 tries in the 2020 season. [3] On 24 September 2021, Coombes-Fabling scored two tries in a winning effort against Tasman which moved Waikato to the top of the NPC Premiership Division standings. [4] On 1 October he scored a hat-trick in a 38–28 loss against Northland. [5]
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