Blade Thomson
| Full name | Blade Neville Thomson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 December 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg (16 st 10 lb; 234 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Gisborne Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blade Neville Thomson (born 4 December 1990) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a lock or loose forward for Taranaki in the ITM Cup[1][2] and for the Super Rugby franchise the Hurricanes.[3] Thomson has international experience as well with the New Zealand national under-20 side.[4]
Having been a member of the Hurricanes Wider Training Group in 2012 he will join the senior squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season.
Thomson was a member of the New Zealand Under 20 team that won the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship in Argentina,[5] where the 197 cm forward played alongside the likes of Crusaders Tyler Bleyendaal and Tom Marshall and All Black winger Julian Savea.[6]
Thomson missed the 2017 Super Rugby season due to shoulder reconstruction surgery.
He is due to join the PRO14 team the Scarlets at the beginning of the 2018 - 2019 season.
References
- ↑ "Blade Thomson NZ Sports Yahoo profile". Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ↑ "Illness opens door for Blade Thomson". Taranaki Daily News. Fairfax. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ↑ "Hooker, halfback, prop needed for Hurricanes". Rugby Heaven. Fairfax. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ↑ "Player Profile: Blade Thomson". IRB. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ↑ "Champions New Zealand name JWC 2010 squad". Rugby World Cup (Press release). IRB. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ↑ "Super Rugby Profile: Hurricanes – Blade Thomson". Retrieved 3 January 2013.
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