Jason Eaton
| Birth name | Jason John Eaton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jason John Eaton (born 21 August 1982) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays as a lock. He currently plays for Stade Rochelais.
Early life
Although born in Palmerston North, Eaton grew up on a dairy 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 88 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 has 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.
External links
- Hurricanes profile
- Jason Eaton at the All Blacks (archived)
- Copy of his entire debut match.
- Use dmy dates from August 2011
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Palmerston North
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- Hurricanes (rugby union) players
- Taranaki rugby union players
- Manawatu rugby union players
- People educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School
- Māori All Blacks players
- NTT Shining Arcs players
- New Zealand expatriates in Japan
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan