Craig Glendinning Explained

Birth Name:Craig Rau Glendinning
Birth Date:12 January 1973
Birth Place:Ōtāhuhu, New Zealand
Height:6feet
Weight:210abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Ru Position:Flanker
Ru Clubyears:1997
Ru Proclubs:Benetton Treviso
Ru Province:

Ru Provinceyears:1995–97, 2002–03
1998
2000
Ru Provincecaps:38
6
4
Ru Provincepoints:(15)
(5)
(0)
Ru Nationalyears:1997
1999–2001
Ru Nationalteam:
Ru Nationalcaps:3
22
Ru Nationalpoints:(5)
(5)

Craig Rau Glendinning (born 12 January 1973) is a former New Zealand rugby union player, who represented both New Zealand Māori and . He usually played as a flanker.[1]

Career

Born in Ōtāhuhu,[2] Glendinning played provincial rugby for,, and .[3] Of Māori descent,[4] he played three matches for New Zealand Māori in 1997,[3] before going on to play for Samoa between 1999 and 2001.[2] His first cap for Samoa as a number 8 against, at Osaka, on 22 May 1999.[1] [2] He played three matches for Samoa at the 1999 Rugby World Cup.[2] His final cap for Samoa was against, at Tokyo, on 8 July 2001.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statsguru player analysis: Craig Glendinning . ESPNScrum . 13 March 2017.
  2. Web site: Craig Glendinning . ESPNScrum . 13 March 2017.
  3. Web site: Craig R Glendinning . New Zealand Rugby History . 13 March 2017.
  4. News: Flanker signs for Southland . John Morrison . Southland Times . 2 December 1999 . 28 . EBSCOHost . Having a Samoan father and a Maori mother has also enabled him to play his rugby at the highest level including 11 consecutive internationals for Western Samoa in the No 7 jersey. .