Aidan Ross
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| Date of birth | 25 October 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 111 kg (245 lb; 17 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Tauranga Boys' College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aidan Ross (born 25 October 1995) is an Australia-born New Zealand rugby union player who plays Prop for the Chiefs in the Super Rugby competition and for the All Blacks internationally.[1][2]
Biography[edit]
Ross debuted for the Bay of Plenty in 2015 and was also a member of the New Zealand Under-20 squad who won the Under-20 Championship in Italy.[3]
In 2017, He was called into the Chiefs squad as an injury cover and made his debut against the Western Force on 22 April.[2][4] He captained the Bay of Plenty when they won the 2019 Mitre 10 Cup Championship final.[5][6]
In 2021, Ross was called into the All Blacks squad as an injury cover for Karl Tu'inukuafe ahead of the second test against Fiji but did not get to play.[7] He made his international debut for New Zealand against Ireland on 9 July 2022 at Dunedin.[8][9][10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Aidan Ross". www.chiefs.co.nz. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ a b Goile, Aaron (18 June 2022). "Dismantled to dominant: How Chiefs scrum turnaround led Aidan Ross to All Blacks". Stuff. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ Wood, Matthew (17 May 2021). "Chiefs duo Aidan Ross and hooker Samisoni Taukeiaho pen new deals". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ Rice, Taylor (16 June 2022). "Meet Tauranga's new All Black". sunlive.co.nz. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Ross leads Bay of Plenty to final". Chiefs. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Bay of Plenty claim NPC promotion after dramatic finish". NZ Herald. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ Powell, Alex (11 July 2021). "Rugby: All Blacks call-up Chiefs prop Aidan Ross as injury cover for Karl Tu'inukuafe ahead of second test against Fiji". Newshub. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "All Blacks stick with first test winners for second clash with Ireland". RNZ. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "PREVIEW: All Blacks v Ireland (Forsyth Barr Stadium)". allblacks.com. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Ireland set up a Steinlager Series decider in Wellington". allblacks.com. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
External links[edit]
- Aidan Ross at AllBlacks.com
- Chiefs Profile
- Aidan Ross at ESPNscrum
- Aidan Ross at ItsRugby.co.uk
