Caleb Ralph

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name = Caleb Ralph


birthname = Caleb Stan Ralph
birthyear = 1977
birthmonth = 09
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placeofbirth = Rotorua, New Zealand
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Caleb Stan Ralph (born 10 September 1977 in Rotorua) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. Ralph began his first-class career with Bay of Plenty, then moved to Auckland before heading to Canterbury. He started his Super Rugby career with the Chiefs in 1997, Blues (1998-99) and the Crusaders (2000-present). He made his All Black debut while playing for Auckland in 1998.

After an absence from the national team of three years he was recalled in 2001, and was a regular member of the All Blacks throughout the 2002 and 2003 seasons, playing a total of 13 tests and scoring eight tries, including a hat-trick against Italy in 2002, and was a member of the New Zealand team during the 2003 Rugby World Cup. In 2006 he gained his 100th consecutive super rugby cap, a record that compares favourably to those achieved by all the greats of New Zealand rugby, such as Colin 'Pinetree' Meads, Wayne 'Buck' Shelford, and Dave Loveridge.

He made the New Zealand sevens side while still at Western Heights High School, Rotorua. He has since regularly represented New Zealand in Rugby sevens between 1996 and 2000 playing with Eric Rush and was a member of the gold medal-winning New Zealand team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

Ralph is second on the all-time list of Super Rugby try scorers, one try behind Doug Howlett. Ralph won the Canterbury Maori Trophy on December 10, 2005.Rumoured to have had a relationship with Zara Phillips. cite web | publisher=rugbyheaven.com.au | title=All Blacks royal romance |url=http://www.rugbyheaven.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/14/1073877906451.html|accessdate=21 December|accessyear=2006] In 2008 he signed up to play with Japanese club Fukuoka Sanix Blues.cite news|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/20080508TDY25307.htm|title=Ex-All Black joins Japan's Sanix|publisher=Daily Yomuiri Online|date=2008-05-08|accessdate=2008-06-08]
* Province: Canterbury
* Provincial Caps: 108 (66 Canterbury, 25 Bay of Plenty, 17 Auckland)
* Provincial Debut: 1996 v Canterbury (Bay of Plenty)
* Super 14 Caps: 112 (103 Crusaders, 3 Chiefs, 6 Blues)
* Super 14 Points: 290 (58t) 2nd
* Super 14 Debut: 1997 v Gauteng Lions (Chiefs)
* Test Caps: 15
* Test Points: 45(9t)
* Test Debut: 1998 v England

References

External links

* [http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,80,289,0,html/Caleb-Ralph Crusaders profile]
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