Gillies Kaka

Gillies Kaka
Date of birth (1990-05-28) 28 May 1990
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
School New Plymouth Boys' High School
Palmerston North Boys' High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, Fullback
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008–09
2016-present		 CR El Salvador
Hino Red Dolphins		 ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–13 Hawke's Bay 32 (50)
Correct as of 20 October 2013
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2013– New Zealand 7s 25
Correct as of 14 March 2016

Gillies Kaka (born 28 May 1990 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player, and the fourth highest point scorer for New Zealand in Sevens.

Career

Kaka plays for the New Zealand National Rugby Sevens team. He made his debut at the Wellington Sevens. Kaka has participated in the 2014 Commonwealth Games where New Zealand won silver.[1][2] He was in the HSBC Dream Team alongside Tim Mikkelson. Kaka played for Hawkes Bay but is now a full-time New Zealand National Rugby Sevens player.[3] Of Māori descent, Kaka affiliates to Ngāti Kahungunu and Te Arawa.[4]

Kaka was named in the New Zealand squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5][6][7]

References

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  1. ↑ Wilson, Sam (2014-07-07). "NZ sevens team named for Comm Games". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  2. ↑ Hurndell, Shane (27 July 2016). "Sevens: Kaka smarts over silver". m.nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  3. ↑ Robson, Toby (2013-11-12). "Kaka chooses sevens, Tietjens eyes Rio". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  4. ↑ "43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics". Te Karere. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "New Zealand names sevens teams for Rio Games". usatoday.com. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  6. ↑ "New Zealand sevens squads named for Olympics". All Blacks.com. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  7. ↑ "Sevens teams named for Rio". newshub.co.nz. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  8. ↑ "Gillies Kaka". Sportsground.co.nz. 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-07.


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