Byron Kelleher

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Byron Kelleher
Personal information
Full name Byron Terrance Kelleher
Date of birth December 3 1976 ( 1976-12-03) (age 31)
Place of birth Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Nickname Wazza, The Wazzman
School Otago Boys High School
Occupation(s)    Professional Rugby Union Footballer
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Half-back
All Black No. 983
Amateur clubs
Flag of New Zealand Kaikori Rugby Club
Professional clubs Caps (points)
2007-present Flag of France Toulouse 12 (0)
Provincial/State sides    
1997-2003
2004-2007		 Flag of New Zealand Otago
Flag of New Zealand Waikato		 60 (85)
Super Rugby    
1998-2003
2004-2007		 Flag of New Zealand Highlanders
Flag of New Zealand Chiefs		 54
38		 (100)
National team(s)    
1999-present Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 53 (35)

Byron Terrance Kelleher (born 3 December 1976 in Dunedin, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union half-back for the New Zealand All Blacks, with whom he has played over 50 tests. He went to Otago Boys' High School, and originally played for Otago in the NPC and the Highlanders in the Super 14, moving north in 2004 to play for Waikato and the Chiefs. He is 1.75m tall and weighs 95 kg. He was New Zealand's Super 12 Player of the Year in 1999. After meeting in 2005 Kelleher began a high profile relationship with pornography star Kaylani Lei, which ended in June 2006.

Kelleher had signed a contract to play for Agen in the French Top 14 after the 2007 Rugby World Cup;[1] however, the club's relegation to the second-level Rugby Pro D2 after the 2006-07 season caused the contract to be cancelled. Kelleher went on to sign with traditional Top 14 powers Toulouse, effective with the end of the Rugby World Cup.

He is known as an unpredictable and unorthodox halfback, with his speed and strength, sometimes preferring to run with the ball and make line-breaks rather than passing the ball after rucks and mauls.

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Cain, Nick. "Player exodus threatens world order", The Sunday Times, 2007-04-29. Retrieved on 2007-04-30. 

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Persondata
NAME Kelleher, Byron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION New Zealand rugby union player
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1976 (1976-12-03) (age 31)
PLACE OF BIRTH Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH