Sam Whitelock
Full name | Samuel Lawrence Whitelock | ||
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Date of birth | 12 October 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand | ||
Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Weight | 114 kg (17 st 13 lb)[1] | ||
School | Feilding High School | ||
University | Lincoln University | ||
Notable relative(s) | Braeden Whitelock (Father) Adam Whitelock (Brother) George Whitelock (Brother) Luke Whitelock (Brother) Ben Funnell (Cousin) | ||
Rugby union career | |||
Playing career | |||
Position | Lock | ||
New Zealand No. | 1104 | ||
Provincial/State sides | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2008– | Canterbury | 19 | (15) |
correct as of 6 November 2012. | |||
Super Rugby | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2010– | Crusaders | 78 | (15) |
correct as of 22 March 2015. | |||
National team(s) | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2010– | New Zealand | 62 | (20) |
correct as of 23 November 2014. |
Samuel Lawrence Whitelock (born 12 October 1988[2] ) is a New Zealand rugby player. He plays as a lock for Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition and Canterbury in the Air New Zealand Cup.
He is the younger brother of George Whitelock and son of a former Junior All Black, Braeden Whitelock. All four Whitelock boys were educated in Feilding.[3] Whitelock was part of the World championship winning team, the Baby All Blacks at the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship.[4] He played 5 games, scoring a try against Argentina.
Whitelock made his Air New Zealand Cup debut in 2008 against Wellington. His Super Rugby debut was against the Highlanders in the 2010 Super 14 season.[5]
In 2010, after impressing the All Black selectors, he was selected into the All Blacks team to the 2010 mid-year rugby test series as well as the 2010 Tri Nations Series. He made his debut, off the bench, against Ireland, and scored 2 tries.[6] In 2011, he was selected into All Blacks World Cup Squad and became a starter in the second pool game, holding this position for the rest of the World Cup in which the team won the tournament.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sam Whitelock". ESPN. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
- ↑ "Canterbury Player Profile".
- ↑ Johannsen, Dana (9 September 2011). "All Black profile: Sam Whitelock". New Zealand Herald.
- ↑ "Whitelock remembers a pretty cool time at JWC". IRB.
- ↑ "Crusaders Profile".
- ↑ "All Blacks v Ireland in New Plymouth". Stuff.co.nz. 12 June 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
External links
- Sam Whitelock at AllBlacks.com
- IRB Profile
- Crusaders profile
- ESPN Scrum profile
- Statistics from Fox Sports
- Sam Whitelock Interview
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