Craig Newby
Birth name | Craig Alan Newby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 July 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rotorua, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 106 kg (16 st 10 lb; 234 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Rotorua Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Sally | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Olivia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Craig Alan Newby (born 27 July 1979) is a former New Zealand rugby union player.
Newby spent the bulk of his career in New Zealand, playing for Otago, the [ Highlanders]], North Harbour and the Blues. He had a short stint with Newcastle Falcons in 2002. He made three appearances for New Zealand before moving to England in 2008 to play for Leicester Tigers.
He retired from professional rugby early in the 2012 season and following coaching roles at Cambridge and Laxton Junior School, Oundle.,[2][3] he is now on the coaching staff at Coventry R.F.C.. He also works at St John's school as a form tutor and also is a rugby coach and has a wonderful dog called Hika and he has a wonderful achievement of gold at the commonwealth gold and his dream is to coach for new Zealand or to be a professional coach.
References
- ↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby – Gloucester Rugby". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ "My Life in Rugby: Craig Newby – former Leicester and All Black flanker". The Rugby paper. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ↑ "Leicester's Craig Newby retires because of knee injury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
External links
- Highlanders profile
- Craig Newby at AllBlacks.com
- Tigers sign Highlanders flanker
- Leicester Tigers profile