Caleb Ralph
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| Caleb Ralph | |||
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| Full name | Caleb Stanley Ralph | ||
| Date of birth | September 10, 1977 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Rotorua, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.87 m | ||
| Weight | 93 kg | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Position | centre Wing |
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| Provincial/State sides | Caps | (points) | |
| 1996- | Bay of Plenty Auckland Canterbury |
25 17 66 |
(-) (-) (-) |
| correct as of . | |||
| Super Rugby | |||
| 1997 1998-1999 2000- |
Chiefs Blues Crusaders |
3 6 103 |
275 (55 Tries) |
| correct as of . | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| 1998- | New Zealand NZ Maori |
15 - |
(45) (-) |
| correct as of 23 January, 2007. | |||
| 7's National teams | |||
| 1996- | New Zealand | ||
| correct as of . | |||
| Other Information | |||
| Occupation | Professional rugby union footballer | ||
| School attended | Western Heights High | ||
Caleb Stanley Ralph (born 10 September 1977 in Rotorua) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. Ralph began his first-class career with Bay of Plenty, then moved to Auckland before heading to Canterbury. He started his Super Rugby career with the Chiefs in 1997, Blues (1998-99) and the Crusaders (2000-present). He made his All Black debut while playing for Auckland in 1998.
After an absence from the national team of three years he was recalled in 2001, and was a regular member of the All Blacks throughout the 2002 and 2003 seasons, playing a total of 13 tests and scoring eight tries, including a hat-trick against Italy in 2002, and was a member of the New Zealand team during the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He looks set to gain his 100th consecutive first-class cap, a record that compares favourably to those achieved by all the greats of New Zealand rugby, such as Colin 'Pinetree' Meads, Wayne 'Buck' Shelford, Bruce Reihana and Dave Loveridge.
He made the New Zealand sevens side while still at Western Heights High School, Rotorua. He has since regularly represented New Zealand in Rugby sevens between 1996 and 2000 playing withe Eric Rush and Owen Scrimgeour, and was a member of the gold medal-winning New Zealand team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
Ralph won the Canterbury Maori Trophy on December 10, 2005. Rumoured to have had a relationship with Zara Phillips. [1]
- Province: Canterbury
- Provincial Caps: 108 (66 Canterbury, 25 Bay of Plenty, 17 Auckland)
- Provincial Debut: 1996 v Canterbury (Bay of Plenty)
- Super 14 Points: 265 (55t) 3rd
- Super 14 Debut: 1997 v Gauteng Lions (Chiefs)
- Test Caps: 15
- Test Points: 45(9t)
- Test Debut: 1998 v England
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- ^ All Blacks royal romance. rugbyheaven.com.au. Retrieved on 21 December 2006.
| New Zealand squad - 2003 Rugby World Cup | ||
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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 |
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