Dwayne Sweeney

Dwayne Sweeney
Dwayne Sweeney
Date of birth 8 August 1984 (1984-08-08) (age 27)
Place of birth Hamilton
Height 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 95 kg (210 lb)
School Hamilton Boys High School
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Utility back
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Morrinsville Sports
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2003-Present 55
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2002-Present Waikato 77 100
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2007–Present Chiefs 32 (34)
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2008 New Zealand Maori

Dwayne Sweeney (born 8 August 1984) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays for the Waikato Chiefs in the Super Rugby competition and Waikato in the Air New Zealand Cup. He is able to play at fullback, in the midfield and is also an accurate goal kicker.

Career

Sweeney was a member of the Chiefs Wider Training Group in 2006 and was then selected in the squad for 2007 and 2008. He impressed at provincial level in 2006 for the inaugural Air New Zealand Cup 2006 champions Waikato. In 2008 he was selected for the NZ Maori rugby team and made his debut at the 2007 Churchill Cup tournament in England.

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