Mike McKee | |
Birth Name: | Mike McKee |
Birth Date: | 12 August 1993 |
Birth Place: | Waikaia, New Zealand[1] |
Height: | 1.97m (06.46feet) |
Weight: | 1350NaN0 |
School: | Otago Boys’ High School |
Ru Position: | Lock |
Years1: | 2015–2017, 2019– |
Apps1: | 41 |
Points1: | 5 |
Years2: | 2018 |
Apps2: | 4 |
Points2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs3: | Ciencias Sevilla CR |
Apps3: | 9 |
Points3: | 15 |
Ru Clubupdate: | 29 October 2021 |
Superyears1: | 2022– |
Super1: | Moana Pasifika |
Superapps1: | 0 |
Superpoints1: | 0 |
Super14update: | 29 October 2021 |
Mike McKee (born 12 August 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby and in the National Provincial Championship (NPC). His playing position is lock. McKee is of Cook Islands descent.[2]
McKee hails from Waikaia in Southland. He attended Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin.[3]
McKee made his professional debut for on 10 October 2015 in an away 39–20 loss to .[4] He would make 20 appearances for the Southland Stags between 2015 and 2017.[5] McKee would score his first try for the Stags on 7 October 2017 against .[6] [7]
During the 2018 Mitre 10 Cup season McKee played for, making 4 appearances during the campaign.[5]
McKee returned to the Stags in 2019. He made 9 appearances that year and 8 in 2020.[5]
McKee made a move to Spain to play for Ciencias Sevilla CR during the 2019–20 División de Honor de Rugby season. He scored 3 tries in 9 appearances.[5]
On 25 October 2021 McKee was announced as having signed for Moana Pasifika ahead of the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season.[2] [8]
McKee is of Cook Islands descent.[2] McKee is the fourth member of his family to play for Southland. His grandfather Bill, uncle David, and cousin Scott all played for the Stags.[3]