Liam Polwart | |
Birth Date: | 1995 4, df=yes |
Height: | 1.85m (06.07feet) |
Weight: | 1070NaN0 |
School: | Sacred Heart College, Auckland |
Relatives: | Sean Polwart (brothers) |
Position: | Hooker |
Currentclub: | / |
Years1: | 2016– |
Apps1: | 15 |
Points1: | 5 |
Years2: | 2017– |
Apps2: | 22 |
Points2: | 10 |
Repyears1: | 2015 |
Repteam1: | New Zealand U20 |
Repcaps1: | 8 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Repyears2: | 2017 |
Repteam2: | Māori All Blacks |
Repcaps2: | 2 |
Reppoints2: | 0 |
Clubupdate: | 28 April 2019 |
Repupdate: | 28 April 2019 |
Liam Polwart (born 2 April 1995) was a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a hooker for in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and for the in the international Super Rugby competition.[1] [2] [3]
Polwart attended Sacred Heart College in Auckland and during that time was a New Zealand secondary schools Barbarians representative, he also went on to captain at under-19 level before moving to the Bay of Plenty along with New Zealand under-20 team-mates Mitchell Karpik and Henry Stowers in late 2015.[4]
Polwart made his senior debut for the Bay of Plenty Steamers during the 2016 Mitre 10 Cup season and went on to make 6 appearances before injury curtailed his campaign.[3] [5]
Despite having only made 6 senior appearances, Polwart was named in the squad ahead of the 2017 Super Rugby season, where he would compete with All Blacks Hika Elliot and Nathan Harris for the number 2 jersey.[1]
Polwart was a member of the New Zealand Under-20 side which competed in the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship in Italy, making 5 appearances.[5] [6]