Greg Somerville
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| Date of Birth: | 28 November 1977 | |
| Place of Birth: | Wairoa, New Zealand | |
| Height: | 1.87m | |
| Weight: | 115kg | |
| Position: | Tighthead prop | |
| Country: | New Zealand | |
| Test Caps: | 53 | |
| Test Points: | 5 | |
| Province: | Canterbury Rugby Football Union | |
| Super 14 side: | Crusaders | |
| Club: | Merivale-Lincoln University | |
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.
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| New Zealand squad - 2003 Rugby World Cup | ||
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| Forwards: | Braid • Collins • Flynn • Hammett • Hewett • Hoeft • Holah • Jack • McCaw • Mealamu • Meeuws • Somerville • So'oialo • Thorn • Thorne (c) • Williams |  |
| Backs: | Blair • Carter • Devine • Howlett • Kelleher • MacDonald • Marshall • Mauger • Muliaina • Nonu • Ralph • Rokocoko • Spencer • Umaga | |
| Coach: | Mitchell | |
| New Zealand squad - 2006 Tri Nations | ||
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| Forwards: | Collins • Eaton • Hayman • Hore • Jack • McCaw (c) • Masoe • Mealamu • Oliver • Rawlinson • Somerville • So'oialo • Thorne • Tialata • Williams • Woodcock | |
| Backs: | Carter • Cowan • Gear • Hamilton • Howlett • Kelleher • McAlister • MacDonald • Mauger • Muliaina • Rokocoko • Sivivatu • Toeava • Tuitupou • Weepu | |
| Coach: | Henry | |
| Crusaders - 2002 Unbeaten Season - Super 12 Champions | ||
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1 Dave Hewett | 2 Mark Hammett | 3 Greg Somerville | 4 Chris Jack | 5 Norm Maxwell | 6 Reuben Thorne | 7 Richie McCaw | 8 Scott Robertson | 9 Justin Marshall | 10 Andrew Mehrtens | 11 Caleb Ralph | 12 Aaron Mauger | 13 Nathan Mauger | 14 Marika Vunibaka | 15 Leon MacDonald | 16 Greg Feek | 17 Corey Flynn | 18 Bradley Mika | 19 Sam Broomhall | 20 Ben Hurst | 21 Joe Maddock | 22 Ben Blair | Nick White | Johnny Leo’o | Mark Robinson | Coach Robbie Deans |
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