Henry Speight
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| Full name | Ratu Henry Vao'ofu Speight | ||
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| Date of birth | 25 March 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Suva, Fiji | ||
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| Weight | 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) | ||
| School | Queen Victoria School (Fiji) Hamilton Boys High School | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Wing | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2014− | Canberra Vikings | 1 | (0) |
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2008–11 | Waikato | 34 | (40)8t |
| Super Rugby | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2011– | Brumbies | 74 | (130) |
| correct as of 28 June 2015. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2014– | Australia | 5 | (5) |
| correct as of 27 September 2015. | |||
| Sevens national teams | |||
| Years | Club / team | Comps | |
| 2015 | Australia | 1 | |
Henry Speight (born 24 March 1988 in Suva, Fiji) is an Fiji-born Australian rugby union fifteens and rugby sevens player who has played for Hamilton Boys' High School team (New Zealand), the Fijian national junior team (2008), the Waikato provincial team (2008–11, New Zealand), and currently plays for the Brumbies in Super Rugby (2011-ongoing) an for the Wallabies. His playing position is wing or centre.
Speight's first taste of pro-rugby came in his final year of school in New Zealand, when representing Hamilton Boys High School he was picked for Waikato making his debut against the Bay of Plenty in 2008.[1] Speight went on to represent his province over four seasons.[2] Not eligible for the New Zealand Schoolboys, Speight represented his native Fiji in the same year at the Junior World Cup in Belfast.[3]
Speight made his Brumbies debut during the 2011 Super Rugby season against the Chiefs[4] in Canberra. Considered by many to be the best wing playing in Australia it looks likely that Speight will be called up for test duty when he becomes eligible for national selection, on 11 September 2014.[5]
He is the son of Fijian politician Samisoni Tikoinasau[4] and the grandson of former Fiji President, Ratu Josefa Iloilo.
Super Rugby Statistics
- As of 28 June 2015
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Brumbies | 12 | 11 | 1 | 837 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Brumbies | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1137 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Brumbies | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1377 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Brumbies | 11 | 11 | 0 | 798 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | Brumbies | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1316 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 74 | 72 | 2 | 5465 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 1 | 1 | |
References
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- ↑ Henry Speight eligible for Wallabies from September
External links
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Fijian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Rugby union wings
- Brumbies players
- Canberra Vikings players
- Waikato Rugby Union players
- Fijian expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Australia
- Fijian expatriates in Australia
- Super Rugby players
- Sportspeople from Suva
- People educated at Hamilton Boys' High School
- I-Taukei Fijian people
- Fijian people of British descent
- People educated at Queen Victoria School (Fiji)
