Brodie Retallick

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Brodie Retallick
Brodie Retallick about to jump.jpg
Retallick about to line-out jump
Full name Brodie Allan Retallick
Date of birth (1991-05-31) 31 May 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Rangiora, New Zealand
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Weight 117 kg (18 st 6 lb)
School Christchurch Boys' High School
Notable relative(s) Culum Retallick (cousin)
John Ashworth (uncle)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Lock
New Zealand No. 1110
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2011
2012–15
2016–
Hawke's Bay
Bay of Plenty
Hawke's Bay
9
0
(5)
(0)
correct as of 8 September 2015.
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2012– Chiefs 59 (25)
correct as of 8 April 2016.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2011
2012–
New Zealand U20
New Zealand
4
47
(0)
(10)
correct as of 31 October 2015.

Brodie Allan Retallick (born 31 May 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is lock. He is a key member of 2015 Rugby World Cup winning team.

Retallick attended Christchurch Boys' High School before playing for the Hawkes Bay Magpies in 2010 and 2011 ITM Cup.[1] He plays for the Chiefs in Super Rugby[2] and Bay of Plenty Steamers in the ITM Cup.[3]

Retallick represented New Zealand under 20 in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship.[4]

His debut for the All Blacks was against Ireland on 9 June 2012, during the 2012 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand. Retallick played in every match for the All Blacks, either from the bench or starting, in the 2012 Rugby Championship. In total playing 13 games for the national side in 2012.[5]

In 2013, Retallick continued his workload for the All Blacks by playing a further 11 tests during the year.

By 2014, the world-class locking combination of Retallick with Sam Whitelock meant he had now been recognised as an automatic selection for the All Blacks.[6] On 22 November 2014, he won the World Rugby Player of the Year.

References

  1. http://rugbyfix.com/brodie-retallick/ Rugby Fix
  2. http://blogs.bettor.com/Chiefs-sign-Sam-Cane-and-Brodie-Retallick-on-a-two-year-deal-Rugby-News-a86457
  3. Bay of Plenty Times
  4. New Zealand Under-20 squad-named
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