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| Birth name | Alexander Ainley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 July 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108.5 kg (239 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Ainley (born 16 July 1981) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a lock for Template:Rut Tasman in the ITM Cup[1][2][3] and the Template:Rut Highlanders in Super Rugby.[4]
Career
Ainley started out his rugby career in 2006 playing for the newly formed Template:Rut Tasman Makos in the ITM Cup. He played all 10 of Tasman's games in their debut season, featuring exclusively as a flanker. He went onto captain the Makos is 2007 before handing it over to Andrew Goodman the following season.[5]
From 2007 to 2009, Ainley spent his off-seasons playing in Europe for Crociati in Parma.[2] 2009 was to be his final campaign in his first spell with Tasman as he headed overseas to take up a contract with Japanese side, the Mitsubishi Dynaboars. e spent 3 seasons playing in the Japanese second division before heading home to New Zealand again in 2013. He was immediately named in the Makos squad for the 2013 ITM Cup and featured in 10 matches as they won promotion to the Premiership. Another impressive season followed in 2014 and to top it off he was handed a Super Rugby contract by the Template:Rut Highlanders at the age of 33.[4]
References
- ^ "Alex Ainley Tasman Makos Player Profile". Tasman Rugby. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Alex Ainley itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "Alex Ainley ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Rugby: Highlanders add trio". New Zealand Herald. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "Yen for home can't be ignored". Nelson Mail. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- 1981 births
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- Tasman Makos players
- Mitsubishi Dynaboars players
- Highlanders (rugby union) players
- Sportspeople from Auckland
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players
- New Zealand expatriates in Japan
- New Zealand expatriates in Italy
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Expatriate rugby union players in Italy