Bryce Robins
| Birth name | Bryce B. Robins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 September 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | New Plymouth, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Rugby union player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bryce B. Robins (born 19 September 1980) is a New Zealand-born Japanese rugby union player who plays as a centre for the Munakata Sanix Blues in the Top League and Japan. He played for the Hurricanes in 2002 and 2003.
On 22 April 2007, Robins made his international debut for Japan against Korea where they won 82–0. Robin was named as part of the Japan squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup by coach John Kirwan.
In 2003 he also made the New Zealand Māori team to play Tonga, England and Canada, scoring a try in his sole start playing at second five-eighth in their win against the Canadian All Stars.[1]
Robins is the son of 1985 All Black Bryce Robins, a wing who toured with the All Blacks to Argentina in 1985 after initially being selected for the aborted tour of South Africa earlier the same year.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bryce Robins | The Official Website of the 2012 Investec Super Rugby Hurricanes". Hurricanes.co.nz. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ^ Knight, Lindsay. "Bryce Robins". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Japan international rugby union players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Rugby union players from New Plymouth
- Hurricanes (rugby union) players
- Black Rams Tokyo players
- Green Rockets Tokatsu players
- Mie Honda Heat players
- Munakata Sanix Blues players
- Māori All Blacks players
- Rugby union centres
- 2011 Rugby World Cup players
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Japanese rugby union players
- 2007 Rugby World Cup players
- Naturalized citizens of Japan
- Naturalised rugby union players