Nathan Hirayama

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Nathan Hirayama
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1988-03-23) March 23, 1988
Place of birth	Richmond, British Columbia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (200 lb)
School	Hugh McRoberts Secondary
University	University of Victoria
Playing career
Position	Fly-half / Fullback
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Richmond RFC University of Victoria
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	BC Bears
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2008 2008-	Canada U20 Canada	5 9	(27) (11)
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
	Canada

Nathan Hirayama (born March 23, 1988) is a Canadian rugby union player who plays at fly-half as well as can provide cover at fullback. Hirayama currently plays for the University of Victoria in the British Columbia Premiership and for the BC Bears in the Canadian Rugby Championship.

He made his debut for the Canadian sevens team in the 2006 Dubai Sevens in the IRB Series at 18. Two years later he debuted for the Canadian national men's team against Portugal in Lisbon.

Personal

Hirayama's father also represented Canada in both codes of the game in the eighties, and he was also part of Canada's first sevens team to travel to Hong Kong.

2011 Rugby World Cup

Hirayama was selected for the national team to attend the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. He was selected for the previous World Cup but did not play any games.

External links

v t e Canada squad – 2011 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Buydens Carpenter Cudmore Dala Erichsen Franklin Hamilton Hotson Kleeberger Kyne Marshall O'Toole Riordan Sinclair Tiedemann Walsh

Backs	Evans Fairhurst Hearn Hirayama J. Mackenzie P. Mackenzie Monro Paris Pritchard Scholz Smith Trainor van der Merwe White

Coach	Crowley

v t e Canada squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Biddle Burak Carpenter Cudmore (injured) Franklin Jackson (rep) James Kleeberger D. Pletch M. Pletch Riordan Snow Stephen Tait Thiel Webb Yukes

Backs	Culpan Daypuck Fairhurst Hirayama Mensah-Coker Monro Pritchard Pyke Smith Spicer Trenkel van der Merwe Weingart Williams

Coach	Suggitt

Persondata
Name	Hirayama, Nathan
Alternative names
Short description	Rugby player
Date of birth	March 23, 1988
Place of birth	Richmond, British Columbia
Date of death
Place of death

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