George Bower (rugby union)
George (Giorgio) Bower (born in Lower Hutt hospital New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union. He began his rugby in Wellington playing for Avalon rugby club, following that he made his first-ever representative team playing for Wellington U20s in 2011. In 2014, Bower then moved to Dunedin to play for the Harbour Hawks RFC and then played one game for Otago ITM cup team that year as an injury replacement. Nicknamed the "Fijian Bulldozer" and “Humble Horse” by his fans, and "The Fijian Prince" by others.
| Full name | George Gadai Bower | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 May 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (265 lb; 18 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Taita College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He didn't make an appearance for Otago until 2018 when he was called in as injury cover again. Bower managed to play 7 more games for an Otago in 2018.
In 2019, he was included in the BNZ Crusaders preseason squad Crusaders in Super Rugby. His playing position is prop. After an impressive preseason, he was named in the Crusaders squad for week 4 in 2019.[1]
In November 2019 Bower was named in the 2020 Crusaders Squad.[2]
Reference list
- "BNZ Crusaders team named to play the Chiefs on family day at the footy" (Press release). Crusaders. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- "The Team | Players, Stats and Information | Crusaders". crusaders.co.nz. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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