Gavin Hill
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| Gavin Hill | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Gavin Hill | ||
| Date of birth | December 11 1965 | ||
| Place of birth |  Okato, New Zealand |
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| Height | 191cm | ||
| Weight | 110kg | ||
| Nickname | Mountain man or Maumau | ||
| Rugby league career | |||
| Position | Prop/Second Row | ||
| Amateur clubs | |||
| 1997 | Northcote | ||
| Professional clubs | Caps | (points) | |
| 1992-93 1993 1994 1995-6 |
Canterbury (AUS) Featherstone Rovers Waikato Auckland |
43 8 16 14 |
(210) (15) (164) (18) |
| National teams | |||
| 1992-96 1994 1996 1996 |
New Zealand NZ Residents New Zealand Māori New Zealand Nines |
8 4 2 6 |
(24) (42) (12) (16) |
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Flanker / Number 8 | ||
| Amateur clubs | |||
| 1983-86 1986-87 1988-90 1990-91 1998-00 |
Eltham Kirwee Shirley Hutt Old Boys Oriental Rongotai |
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| Professional clubs | Caps | (points) | |
| 1998-99 2001-02 |
Terenure College (IRE) Velox Valhallians (CAN) |
28 18 |
(60) (18) |
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| 1982-86 1986-90 1990-91 |
Taranaki Canterbury Wellington |
24 25 43 |
(58) (102) (104) |
| National team(s) | |||
| 1991 1991 |
New Zealand Māori Southern Maori |
1 1 |
(4) (8) |
| 7's National teams | Tournaments | ||
| 1984-86 1986-90 1990-91 |
Taranaki Canterbury Wellington |
(Runners up 1986-89, Champions 1990) (Runners up 1991) |
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| Coaching career | |||
| 2001-02 2003-04 2005-06 2007 |
Velox-Valhallians-(CAN) Greytown-Tuhirangi Oriental-Rongotai Greytown-Tuhirangi |
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Gavin Hill (born in Okato December 11, 1965, New Zealand) was a rugby league and rugby union player, who has resided in Wellington for the last 10 years.
He was a flanker and number eight in rugby union and then a prop/second row in league when he switched codes in 1991. In both rugby and league he was unusual, being a forward who kicked goals. Hill was also a very promising fast bowler and belligerent batsman in cricket for both Taranaki and Canterbury before rugby took over his career.
[edit] Rugby union
He originally played rugby union as a flanker for the Taranaki, Canterbury and Wellington. He also represented the New Zealand Māori Team. Hill returned to rugby union in 1998 and played out the rest of his playing career in Wellington and alternating in the off seasons to Europe and Canada playing club rugby. He first made a name for himself as a 17 year old when beat the cream of New Zealand rugby in a goal kicking competition. Participants included Grant Fox, Richard Wilson, Mark Finlay, Allan Hewson, Richard Dunn and Robbie Deans - notable for being All Blacks. Hill now coaches club rugby in the Wairarapa domestic club competition.
[edit] Rugby league
He switched to rugby league in 1992, as union was not professional at that time. He played for the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs (1992-3), Featherstone Rovers (1993), Waikato Cougars (1994), Auckland Warriors (1995-6) and for the New Zealand Kiwis (1992-96) national side. He also represented New Zealand Kiwis in the 1996 World Champion nines side in Fiji, the New Zealand Residents in 1994 and the New Zealand Māori league team notable for defeating the British Lions team and Papua New Guinea teams in 1996. After Hill finished with the Auckland Warriors, he played a season in the domestic club competition in Auckland with the Northcote Tigers before he moved to Wellington and returned to rugby union successfully. Hill's transition from rugby union to rugby league was even more remarkable because he is one of the few forwards in rugby union to successfully make the switch. Hill made the New Zealand Kiwis only after five games of rugby league for the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs.
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