Craig Newby

Craig Newby
Full name Craig Alan Newby
Date of birth (1979-07-27) 27 July 1979
Place of birth Rotorua, New Zealand
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 106 kg (16 st 10 lb) [1]
School Rotorua Boys' High School
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Back Row
New Zealand No. 1041
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2002-2003
2008–2012		 Newcastle
Leicester Tigers		 7
84		 (0)
(17)
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2000-2004
2005-2008		 North Harbour
Otago		 49
38
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2001
2002-2008		 Blues
Highlanders		 7
67		 (0)
(40)
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2004–2006 New Zealand 3 (0)
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
1999–2002 New Zealand Sevens
Craig Newby
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Men's Rugby
Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchester Rugby 7's

Craig Alan Newby (born 27 July 1979) is a former New Zealand rugby union player.

Newby spent the bulk of his career in New Zealand, playing for Otago, the Otago Highlanders, North Harbour and the Auckland Blues. He had a short stint with Newcastle Falcons in 2002. He made three appearances for New Zealand before moving to England in 2008 to play for Leicester Tigers.

He retired from professional rugby early in the 2012 season and now is coaching at Cambridge and Laxton Junior School, Oundle.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Gloucester Rugby". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "My Life in Rugby: Craig Newby – former Leicester and All Black flanker". The Rugby paper. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Leicester's Craig Newby retires because of knee injury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

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