Greg Somerville

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Greg Somerville
Personal information
Full name	Greg Mardon Somerville
Date of birth	November 28, 1977 (1977-11-28) (age 30)
Place of birth	Wairoa, New Zealand
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
Nickname	Yoda
Occupation(s)	Professional rugby player
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Prop
All Black No.	991
Clubs
	Merivale–Lincoln University
Provincial/State sides		Caps	(points)
1998–	Canterbury	54	(-)
Super Rugby
1999–	Crusaders	107	(40)
National team(s)
2000–	New Zealand	57	(5)

Greg Mardon Somerville is a New Zealand rugby union player. Somerville is currently in the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks and is a front rower, specializing in the position of tighthead prop. Somerville made his debut in 2000 against Tonga, a match in which the All Blacks won 102–0. Somerville went 41 test matches before scoring his first, and so far only test try against Fiji in 2005.

Somerville plays provincial rugby for Canterbury Rugby Football Union and in the Super 14 for the Crusaders, having played 100 Super rugby matches after debuting against the Chiefs in 1999. Somerville's nickname is Yoda, after the fictional character from Star Wars. Somerville's name is occasionally misspelt "Sommerville".[1]

He played his 50th test match against Argentina on June 2006 at Buenos Aires.

[edit] References

• Greg Somerville at AllBlacks.com
• CRFU Profile

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