Ben Blair
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Date of Birth: | 26 March ,1979 |
Place of Birth: | Westport, New Zealand |
Height: | 1.74m (5ft 8in) |
Weight: | 83kg (12st 12lbs) |
Position: | Full Back |
Country: | New Zealand |
Test Caps: | New Zealand 4 |
Test Points: | New Zealand 4 |
Club: | Cardiff Blues |
Previous Clubs: | Canterbury Crusaders , Otago Highlanders |
Ben Blair (born 26 March 1979 in Westport, New Zealand) is a rugby union footballer who plays at a full-back for the Cardiff Blues and the All Blacks.
He scored 37 points on debut for the All Blacks (including three tries) against Ireland A at Ravenhill in Belfast in 2001, But this was not a test match so wasn't capped.
His first Testmatch came in November that year against Scotland.
He represented New Zealand at all levels, Under 16,19 and 21.
He has won the Super 12 with the Crusaders,The NPC and The Ranfurly Shield with Canterbury.
He also scored an NPC First Division record of 37 points for Canterbury ,against Counties Manukau .In only his fourth NPC game.
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Forwards: | Braid • Collins • Flynn • Hammett • Hewett • Hoeft • Holah • Jack • McCaw • Mealamu • Meeuws • Somerville • So'oialo • Thorn • Thorne (c) • Williams | ||
Backs: | Blair • Carter • Devine • Howlett • Kelleher • MacDonald • Marshall • Mauger • Muliaina • Nonu • Ralph • Rokocoko • Spencer • Umaga | ||
Coach: | Mitchell |
Crusaders - 2002 Unbeaten Season - Super 12 Champions | ||
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1 Dave Hewett | 2 Mark Hammett | 3 Greg Somerville | 4 Chris Jack | 5 Norm Maxwell | 6 Reuben Thorne | 7 Richie McCaw | 8 Scott Robertson | 9 Justin Marshall | 10 Andrew Mehrtens | 11 Caleb Ralph | 12 Aaron Mauger | 13 Nathan Mauger | 14 Marika Vunibaka | 15 Leon MacDonald | 16 Greg Feek | 17 Corey Flynn | 18 Bradley Mika | 19 Sam Broomhall | 20 Ben Hurst | 21 Joe Maddock | 22 Ben Blair | Nick White | Johnny Leo’o | Mark Robinson | Coach Robbie Deans |