Cam Roigard Explained

Cam Roigard
Fullname:Cameron Roigard
Birth Date:16 November 2000
Birth Place:Hamilton, New Zealand
Height:1.830NaN0
Weight:880NaN0
School:St. Peter's School
Position:Half-back
Currentclub:Counties Manukau, Hurricanes
Years1:2020–
Clubs1:Counties Manukau
Apps1:19
Points1:37
Years2:2021–
Clubs2:Hurricanes
Apps2:32
Points2:60
Repyears1:2022
Repteam1:All Blacks XV
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0
Repyears2:2023–
Repteam2:New Zealand
Repcaps2:9
Reppoints2:30
Clubupdate:5 November 2024
Repupdate:18 November 2024

Cameron Roigard (born 16 November 2000) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a Halfback for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby and Counties Manukau in the Bunnings NPC.[1]

Club career

Roigard made his debut for the Hurricanes squad as a late replacement in the side for Round 7 of the 2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season.[2] He was given his first full-time contract with the Hurricanes in their 2022 squad[3] and in 2023 he was the their joint top try scorer, with nine tries in 14 games.[4]

Roigard tore his left patella tendon in March 2024 during a Round 6 game against the Highlanders,[5] putting an end to his 2024 Super Rugby season.

He has also represented Steelers in the National Provincial Championship since 2020.[6] In 2022 he was named the Steelers' Player of the Year, as well as the Players’ Player of the Year and the Defensive Player of the Year.[7]

International career

Roigard was named in the All Blacks XV Northern Tour squad in 2022,[8] and debuted off the bench against Ireland A on 5 November 2022.

Roigard made his international debut for the All Blacks against the Wallabies on 29 July 2023 in Melbourne.[9] [10] He was named in the All Blacks' 2023 Rugby World Cup squad and made his World Cup debut against Namibia,[11] also featuring against Uruguay and Italy in the tournament. He made a return to the All Blacks post-injury in November 2024 for their Northern Tour[12] playing four tests.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cameron Roigard . Ultimate Rugby . 11 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Match Centre - Sanzar Hurricanes 27–30 Crusaders . SANZAAR . 11 April 2021.
  3. Web site: 2021-11-22 . Super Rugby Pacific 2022 squads announced . 2024-11-23 . superrugby.co.nz . en-GB.
  4. Web site: Stuff . 2024-11-23 . www.stuff.co.nz.
  5. Web site: 2024-04-03 . Season over for All Black halfback Cam Roigard . 2024-11-23 . RNZ . en-nz.
  6. Web site: 2020 Counties Manukau PIC Steelers. Counties Manukau Rugby. 10 September 2020. 10 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200810083402/https://www.steelers.co.nz/steelers-heat/steelers/2019-pic-steelers-squad/. dead.
  7. Web site: Union . Counties Manukau Rugby Football . Winners celebrated at CMRFU Awards Night . 2024-11-23 . Counties Manukau Rugby Football Union . en.
  8. Web site: 2022-10-09 . Patrick Tuipulotu to captain All Blacks XV as squad named . 2024-11-23 . www.rugbypass.com . en.
  9. Web site: Hinton . Marc . 2023-09-14 . Rugby World Cup: All Blacks unleash 'quiet assassin' Cam Roigard for first test start . 2023-11-03 . Stuff . en.
  10. Web site: Morton . Finn . 2023-07-29 . 'There's nothing like it': All Black Cam Roigard reflects on 'dream debut' . 2023-11-03 . www.rugbypass.com . en.
  11. Web site: Knuckey . Brodyn . 2023-09-16 . Cam Roigard plays down impressive Rugby World Cup debut . 2023-11-03 . 1 News . en.
  12. Web site: Stuff . 2024-11-24 . www.stuff.co.nz.

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