Hamish Gard

Hamish Gard (born 21 June 1985) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He played as a centre.[1]

Hamish Gard
Date of birth (1985-06-21) 21 June 1985
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Stand off / Inside Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011-13
2013-14
2014–15
2015-17?		 NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka
Montpellier Hérault RC
Stade La Rochelle
Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars		 20
9
32
1?		 135
5
12
 ?
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2006–09 Canterbury 23 69
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008–09 Crusaders 9 (11)

Career

Gard attended Palmerston North Boys' High School. In 2003 Gard made the Hurricanes Secondary Schools Team. He played for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition between 2008-09, after 3 years for the Canterbury provincial team.[1]

He played for Montpellier in the French league Top 14 from February 2013 to December 2013; and returned for the 2014 season. Before and after he played for La Rochelle[2] in December 2013,then La Rochelle for 2014, before finally returning a third time in 2014-2015;[3] and played until 2015 when he signed for the Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars[4] (Japan) until 2017.[5][6]

Following his professional rugby career, Hamish accepted an offer to join Xigo as both a Project Manager in the construction industry and also a midfielder in the Div 3, 7 aside football team, The Xigoals. Hamish rewarded the investment early in his stint at Xigo netting 10 goals on the way to securing the Div 3 Championship and also the Golden Boot.

References
  1. "Hamish Gard". rugbyhistory.co.nz. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. "Stade Rochelais: Hamish Gard holder at the opening against Agen". sudouest.fr. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  3. "European rugby challenge". rugbyunplugged.com.
  4. "Top 14-Ray's rugby". raysrugby.com.
  5. "Hamish Edward Arthur Gard". all.rugby.
  6. "Top Challenge Series Top Challenge 1 Round 3". en.rugby.japan. Retrieved 15 January 2017.


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