Dwayne Sweeney

Dwayne Sweeney
Full name Dwayne Sweeney
Date of birth (1984-08-08) 8 August 1984
Place of birth Hamilton, New Zealand
Height 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 95 kg (209 lb)
School Hamilton Boys High School
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Fullback / Centre / Wing
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Morrinsville Sports
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2012–14
2014–
Kyuden Voltex
Fukuoka Sanix Blues
21
13
(59)
(57)
correct as of 19 January 2015.
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2002–11 Waikato 77 (100)
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2007–11, 2014 Chiefs 68 (54)
correct as of 21 July 2014.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2008  Māori

Dwayne Sweeney (born 8 August 1984) is a New Zealand rugby union player who played for the Waikato Chiefs in the Super Rugby competition and Waikato in the Air New Zealand Cup. He is able to play at fullback, in the midfield and 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]

External links

References

  1. "Strong AB flavour in Baabaas". Stuff. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
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