Rodney Ah You

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Rodney Ah You
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1988-10-27) 27 October 1988
Place of birth	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 ¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	125 kilograms (276 lb)
Current status
Position(s)	Prop
current team	Connacht
Playing career
Position	Prop
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2010-	Connacht	57	0
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2007-2008 2008-2009	All Blacks U19 All Blacks U20

Rodney Ah You (born 1988) is a rugby union player from New Zealand playing for Connacht Rugby in the Pro 12. His favoured position is as a prop, and he can play at tighthead or loosehead. After only taking up rugby at the age of 16, Ah You quickly progressed through the ranks at Canterbury and was capped at Under-19 and Under-20 level for New Zealand.

He joined Connacht on an 18-month deal in October 2010, to replace the injured former England international, Robbie Morris in the squad.^[1] In February 2013, he signed an extension to his contract to keep him there until the end of the 2013-14 season.^[2] He signed another deal with Connacht in December 2013, which will keep him with the province until 2016.^[3]

In January 2014, Ah You was one of seven uncapped players named in Ireland's extended 44-man squad for the upcoming Six Nations by head coach Joe Schmidt.^[4]^[5] He had become eligible to play for Ireland in October 2013, qualifying through residency.^[6]

References

↑ "Connacht sign New Zealand prop Ah You". ERC. 28 October 2010. Missing or empty |url= (help)
↑ http://planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3825_8525065,00.html
↑ "Rodney Ah You signs new two-year deal with Connacht". Irish Independent. 16 December 2013.
↑ "Joe Schmidt names seven uncapped players in his extended 44-man Six Nations squad". Irish Independent. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
↑ "Ah You Irish? New Zealand-born prop Rodney makes Ireland's Six Nations squad". Daily Mail. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
↑ http://planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3825_8525065,00.html

v t e Connacht Rugby squad

Forwards	Harris-Wright Heffernan Henry Rael Ah You Buckley Cooney Loughney White Wilkinson Clarke (c) Kearney Muldowney Nolan Qualter Swift Browne Conneely Fafita Faloon Heenan Muldoon McKeon Naoupu

Backs	Marmion F. Murphy O'Donohoe Nikora Parks Ronaldson Griffin Henshaw McSharry B. Murphy Tonetti Carr Healy O'Halloran Poolman Duffy Leader

Coach	Pat Lam

Persondata
Name	Ah You, Rodney
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand rugby union player
Date of birth	1988
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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