Jason Eaton

Jason Eaton

Birth name	Jason John Eaton
Date of birth	(1982-08-21) 21 August 1982
Place of birth	Palmerston North, New Zealand
Height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Weight	115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
School	Palmerston North Boys' High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2020- Old Boys University (premier reserve) 3 () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2013–2014 2014–2018 NTT Communications Shining Arcs La Rochelle 4 72 (0) (30) Correct as of 3 Sep 2015 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–03 2005–13 Manawatu Taranaki 25 51 (15) (35) Correct as of 6 November 2012 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2006–13 Hurricanes 89 (50) Correct as of 31 May 2013 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2005–09 New Zealand 15 (5) Correct as of 6 November 2012

Jason John Eaton (born 21 August 1982) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He played as a lock.

Early life

Although born in Palmerston North, Eaton grew up on a farm near the small community of Colyton.

He attended Feilding Intermediate and then Palmerston North Boys' High School.

Career

Eaton made his provincial debut for Manawatu in 2002, before transferring to Taranaki in 2004.

He played for Stratford in the Taranaki premier competition.

He was picked out of obscurity by Graham Henry to tour with the All Blacks on their successful Grand Slam Tour of November 2005. At the time, Eaton had not played professional super series rugby. He made his All Black debut aged 23, versus Ireland on that tour.

Notably, Eaton played for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby where he scored 10 tries and played in 89 games. Eaton had an explosive start with the Hurricanes; scoring a pair of tries against the Western Force in his first match for the Hurricanes at Taranaki’s home ground in New Plymouth.

Eaton played 15 test matches for the All Blacks between 2005 and 2009.

Eaton played 25 games for Manawatu in 2002–03, scoring three tries.

On 21 November 2006 Jason Eaton won the International Rugby Players' Association's (IRPA) international newcomer of the year award. This award is voted on by all international players, with players not allowed to vote for members of their own team.

Eaton was named Player of the Year in the 2011 Taranaki side. He left New Zealand in 2013 to briefly play with the Shining Arcs team in Japan before playing for French club La Rochelle from 2014-2018.