Robbie Fruean

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Robbie Fruean
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Birth nameRobert L. Fruean
Date of birth (1988-07-13) 13 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Wellington, New Zealand
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
School Porirua College
University Lincoln University
Occupation(s)Professional rugby player.
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, Wing
Current team Edinburgh
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2007–2009 Wellington 15 (15)
2009 Hurricanes 1 (0)
2010–2013,2015 Crusaders 66 (75)
2010–2012 Canterbury 37 (105)
2014 Chiefs 4 (5)
2014–2016 Hawke's Bay 25 (45)
2016,2017 Bath 6 (15)
2017,2018 Edinburgh 5 (15)
Correct as of 20 October 2018
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009 Junior All Blacks 3 (5)
2011 Barbarian F.C. 1 (0)

Robert Fruean ( /ˈfruːən/ ; born 13 July 1988, in Wellington) is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer. He is a midfield back and plays outside centre (13) and sometimes on the wing. He is a former Porirua College head boy. He is of Samoan & Cook islands heritage.

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In 2007, he made the NZ team for the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship. He led New Zealand to a championship win beating South Africa in the final. He also won the IRB Under-19 Player of the Year the same year.

He made his National Provincial Championship debut for Wellington against Auckland. He played 12 games for them scoring three tries before getting struck by illness. He subsequently underwent open-heart surgery for rheumatic heart disease, a potentially life-threatening inflammation of the heart.

In 2009 returned to rugby, making his Super 14 debut for the Hurricanes against Blues. This was his first and last game for the Hurricanes after which he defected to the Crusaders and played for them in the 2010 Super 14 season and the 2011 Super Rugby season.

He made his 2010 ITM Cup debut for Canterbury, scoring two tries against Manawatu. The next week Fruean scored three more against North Harbour. [1] He finished the season tied as the top try scorer with Lelia Masaga with 10 tries. In 2012, on the back of his third season with Canterbury, he was named ITM Cup player of the year at the New Zealand Rugby Awards.

He signed for Hawkes Bay Magpies in the ITM Cup in a two-year deal, starting from 2014. On 27 September 2016, Fruean signed for English club Bath in the Aviva Premiership from the 2016–17 season. [2] In June 2017, Fruean joined Scottish Pro14 side Edinburgh on a two-year contract, ahead of the 2017–18 season. [3]

Post retirement

Fruen became the Hillmorton High School’s First XV coach and director of rugby in 2022. As of 2023, Fruen established and coached the Horomaka Combined First XV, which includes players from Hillmorton, Hornby, Riccarton and Middleton Grange schools and Hagley Community College. This combination team enables players from those schools to play First XV school rugby while staying at their schools.

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References

  1. ↑ Bidwell, Hamish (14 August 2010). "Fruean scores hat-trick in Canterbury thrashing". The Press. Fairfax. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Bath to sign Crusaders centre Robbie Fruean". BBC Sport. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Fruean signs for Edinburgh". planetrugby.com. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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