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 | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (254 lb; 18 st 2 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 Bower was named in the Crusaders pre season and made his debut in round 4. In November 2019 Bower was named in the 2020 Crusaders Squad.[1]
In October 2020 All Black Coach Ian Foster named Bower as a wider squad member of the All Blacks team to Australia.
Reference list
- "The Team | Players, Stats and Information | Crusaders". crusaders.co.nz. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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