 Curry representing New Zealand during the Gold Coast Sevens | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Rotorua, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Reporoa College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scott Curry (born 17 May 1988) is a New Zealand professional rugby union player who plays as a forward for the New Zealand national sevens team. [1] [2]
He made his debut at the 2010 Dubai Sevens. He made his debut appearance at the Olympics representing New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [3]
Curry was ruled out of the All Blacks Sevens squad to the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia due to an injury he sustained during training. [4] He was included in the squad for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. [5] However, New Zealand lost to South Africa 12–17 in the final. [6]
Curry captained the All Blacks Sevens side at the 2015 USA Sevens after DJ Forbes was injured in Wellington. [7] He captained the rugby sevens side at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won gold medal with the New Zealand team in the men's rugby sevens tournament during the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [8] He captained the New Zealand side which triumphed at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament by defeating England 33–12 in the final. [9] [10]
He was named as the captain of the New Zealand squad to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's rugby sevens tournament. [11] He was also subsequently part of the New Zealand side which claimed silver medal after losing to Fiji 27–12 at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [12] [13] It was also New Zealand's first ever Olympic medal in the men's rugby sevens. [14] Prior to the start of the delayed 2020 Olympics, he announced that he would consider on retiring from the sport after the Olympics. [15]
He is also a trained science teacher. [16]
Curry was part of the All Blacks Sevens squad that won a bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [17] [18] [19] [20] He was selected for the All Blacks Sevens squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [21] [22] He won a silver medal after his side lost to Fiji in the gold medal final. [23] [24] [25]
In 2024, He competed for New Zealand at the Paris Olympics. [26] [27]
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