Cardiff Vaega

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Cardiff Vaega
Rugby union career
Full name	Cardiff Vaega
Date of birth	(1991-09-23) 23 September 1991
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
School	Kelston Boys' High School
Notable relative(s)	To'o Vaega (father)
Playing career
Position	Centre
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2011–	Southland	23	(30)
correct as of 23 October 2013.
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2014–	Hurricanes	0	(0)

correct as of 11 October 2013.

Cardiff Vaega (born in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the centre position for the Wellington based Super Rugby side the Hurricanes, and for provincial side Southland. Vaega has represented at under-17 level for New Zealand. He made his debut for Southland in 2011 and his strong performances saw him named in the Hurricanes squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season.^[1] Vaega is also son of To'o Vaega, who played for Southland and the Highlanders among other sides in New Zealand. To'o also played for Samoa he had represented his country 61 times in a 15-year period. Starting one of the longest international careers in modern rugby union history.

Playing career

Vaega studied at Auckland rugby powerhouse Kelston Boys' High School – where he was a member of the First XV for four seasons. Cardiff had shifted to Invercargill with an ambition of furthering his rugby and cracking Southland in the next few years. He balanced his time in the academy with his studies at the Southern Institute of Technology, where he was in the first year of a Bachelor of Sport and Recreation. Vaega, played his club rugby with Star, he was also approached by Otago, but said several factors swayed him to Southland.^[2]

He made his provincial debut with the side in 2011 season's ITM Cup against Bay of Plenty. He ran strongly with the ball and was rewarded with a try.

References

↑ "Cardiff Vaega joins Hurricanes squad". Yahoo. Fuseworks. 11 October. Retrieved 11 October 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ "New Vaega follows own path in Southland". Stuff. Fairfax. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2013.

External links

v t e Southland squad – ITM Cup

Forwards	Barrett Bekhuis Boys Dawai Dixon Fatialofa Hall Hardie Koen Mackintosh (c) Peterson Raimona Rutledge Smith T-Pole Tuapati

Backs	Adams Cornforth Eade Fonoti Halaholo Kahukura Kenatale McKenzie Milne Murray Robinson Vaega Williams-Spiers

Coach	Henderson

Squads

v t e Hurricanes – 2014 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Mark Abbott James Broadhurst Dane Coles Ash Dixon Ben Franks Reggie Goodes Jack Lam Faifili Levave Motu Matu'u Mark Reddish Ardie Savea John Schwalger Brad Shields Eric Sione Blade Thomson Jeremy Thrush Jeffery Toomaga-Allen Victor Vito

Backs	Marty Banks Beauden Barrett Tim Bateman Cory Jane Alapati Leiua James Marshall Hadleigh Parkes TJ Perenara Matt Proctor Julian Savea Conrad Smith Chris Smylie Andre Taylor Cardiff Vaega

Coach	Mark Hammett

Persondata
Name	Vaega, Cardiff
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand rugby union player
Date of birth
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death

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