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| Birth name | Steven Yates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 July 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steven Yates (born 26 July 1983) is a New Zealand rugby union player who played for the New Zealand Sevens team. [1] He currently plays for Japanese club Toyota Verblitz. [2]
On the 27th of June 2019, Yates was arrested at his home in Nagoya under suspicion of cocaine possession. [3]
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