Dwayne Sweeney

Dwayne Sweeney
Date of birth	8 August 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Hamilton, New Zealand
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
School	Hamilton Boys High School
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Centre ; Wing ; Fullback
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2003–	Morrinsville Sports
Senior career
Years	Team
2012–14 ; 2014–16	Kyuden Voltex ; Munakata Sanix Blues
	Correct as of 26 August 2017
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
2002–2011, 2017—	Waikato
Super Rugby
Years	Team
2007–11, 14	Chiefs
	Correct as of 4 June 2017
International career
Years	Team
2008	Māori All Blacks

Dwayne Sweeney (born 8 August 1984) is a former New Zealand rugby union player who was signed for Waikato in the Mitre 10 Cup. His usual position is centre, although he is also comfortable at both wing and fullback. Sweeney is also an accurate goal kicker.

Career

Sweeney was a member of the Chiefs Wider Training Group in 2006 and was then selected in the squad for 2007 and 2008. He impressed at provincial level in 2006 for the inaugural Air New Zealand Cup 2006 champions Waikato. In 2008 he was selected for the NZ Maori rugby team and made his debut at the 2007 Churchill Cup tournament in England.

In 2015 Sweeney was named in the Barbarians side that played Samoa at Olympic Stadium in London. He lined up with former All Blacks Adam Thomson, Ali Williams and Carl Hayman. Springbok great Bakkies Botha captained the side.^[1]

References

^ "Strong AB flavour in Baabaas". Stuff. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

External links

All Blacks profile
Dwayne Sweeney at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)

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[1] "Strong AB flavour in Baabaas". Stuff. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

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