Cullen Grace
| Full name | Cullen James Grace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 December 1999 Hāwera, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 107 kg (236 lb; 16 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Timaru Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cullen James Grace (born 20 December 1999)[1] is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and Canterbury in the NPC as a lock.
Club career
Canterbury and Crusaders
In 2018, Grace captained the Canterbury under-19 team.[2]
He was named in the Crusaders squad for the 2020 season.[3][4][5]
Scarlets
On 26 June 2026, Grace signed with the Scarlets in the United Rugby Championship.[6]
International career
Grace represented New Zealand U20 in the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[7]
Grace made his All Blacks debut on 7 November 2020 against Australia at Brisbane.[8][9] In 2022, He was called into the Māori All Blacks squad for the match against Ireland.[9][10]
Personal life
Grace is a New Zealander of Māori (Ngāti Whakaue) descent.[11]
References
- ↑ "Cullen Grace". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ↑ "Cullen Grace". NZ Rugby Stats. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ↑ "Crusaders announce new-look 2020 Investec Super Rugby squad" (Press release). Crusaders. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ↑ "Cullen Grace". ESPN. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ↑ "Investec Super Rugby class of 2020 announced". Super Rugby NZ. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ↑ "Cullen Grace: Scarlets sign New Zealand international". BBC Sport. 26 June 2026. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ↑ "NZ Under 20 squad named for World Rugby Under 20 Championship - RUGBY HEARTLAND". rugbyheartland.co.nz. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ↑ Smith, Sam (24 June 2022). "Why the in-form Cullen Grace was only a late call-up for the Maori All Blacks". www.rugbypass.com. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- 1 2 Skippers, David (24 June 2022). "New Zealand: Cullen Grace excited to represent Maori All Blacks". PlanetRugby. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ↑ "Crusaders star Cullen Grace called up to Māori All Blacks squad to face Ireland". Stuff. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ↑ "Player Profile: Cullen Grace". All Blacks (Official Site). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
External links
- Cullen Grace at ESPNscrum (archived)
- Cullen Grace at ItsRugby.fr (in French)
- Cullen Grace at All.Rugby
- Cullen Grace at RugbyDatabase.co.nz
- Cullen Grace at the All Blacks (archived)
Categories:
- 1999 births
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Māori All Blacks players
- Living people
- Ngāti Raukawa people
- Ngāti Whakaue people
- Rugby union locks
- Crusaders (rugby union) players
- Canterbury rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Hāwera
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union number eights
- People educated at Timaru Boys' High School
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1990s birth stubs