Marty Veale

Marty Veale
Date of birth (1977-08-09) 9 August 1977
Place of birth New Zealand
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 112 kg (17 st 9 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Lock
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2006-2008
2008-2011
Kubota Spears
London Wasps

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Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2004-2005
2008, 2011
North Harbour
Northland

Marty Veale (born 9 August 1977 in New Zealand) is a former rugby union player who played at lock for Northland in the ITM Cup competition. He is currently coaching rugby for New York City based Old Blue R.F.C. and the United States Military Academy at West Point men's team starting in 2015.

Playing career

Veale has enjoyed a nomad existence as a player, turning out for sides in his native New Zealand, Japan and America. Before signing for Wasps in February 2009, Veale had most recently spent a season with Northland in the Air New Zealand Cup.

He signed a two-year deal at the end of the year to keep him at Wasps until the end of the 2010–11 season. At the conclusion of his time with Wasps, he returned to New Zealand, signing with Northland for the 2011 ITM Cup.

Coaching career

Following his retirement, Veale signed on as head coach for Old Blue Rugby Football Club, a United States Rugby Super League team and member of the USA Rugby Union. In 2015, Veale began coaching the men's forwards at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.

External links

References

  1. "London Wasps Marty Veale". web page. London Wasps. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
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