Whetu Douglas
| Full name | Whetukamokamo Douglas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 April 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rotorua, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (243 lb; 17 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Gisborne Boys High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Whetukamokamo H. Douglas (born 18 April 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a loose forward for Canterbury in New Zealand's provincial rugby competition the Mitre 10 Cup.
Senior career
[edit]Douglas debuted for Waikato in a match against Horowhenua-Kapiti in 2013 and to the end of the 2016 Mitre 10 Cup season had made 36 National Provincial Championship and Ranfurly Shield challenge appearances and scored 8 tries.
He was named co-captain of Canterbury for the 2018 Mitre 10 Cup season.
In 2019 Douglas made a return to the Crusaders for the 2019 Investec Super Rugby season after a stint at Italian club Benetton.
International
[edit]He was named in the Māori All Blacks squad for their northern hemisphere tour in November 2016. [1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Maori All Blacks squad named for northern tour". All Blacks.com. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Whetu Douglas Maori All Blacks Player Profile". All Blacks.com. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
Categories:
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Bay of Plenty rugby union players
- Benetton Rugby players
- Canterbury rugby union players
- Crusaders (rugby union) players
- Green Rockets Tokatsu players
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Ngāti Porou people
- Ngāti Whakaue people
- People educated at Gisborne Boys' High School
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union number eights
- Rugby union players from Rotorua
- Waikato rugby union players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Māori All Blacks players