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Chris Masoe Full name Matemini Christopher Masoe Date of birth May 15, 1979 Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 106 kg (16 st 10 lb) School Wanganui City College Notable relative(s) Maselino Masoe (brother) former WBA Middleweight World Champion Rugby union career Playing career Position Flanker, Number eight New Zealand No. 1059 Provincial/State sides Years Club / team Caps (points) 
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(-)Super Rugby Years Club / team Caps (points) Hurricanes
ChiefsNational team(s) Years Club / team Caps (points) 2005-2007 New Zealand20 (15) Sevens national teams Years Club / team Comps New ZealandMedal record Competitor for New ZealandMen's Rugby Commonwealth Games Gold 2002 Manchester Rugby 7's Chris Masoe (born 15 May 1979 in Savaii, Samoa) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and currently plays for Castres Olympique. He has been capped fifteen times so far for his country.
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Career
Super 14
Masoe used to play for the Wellington Hurricanes in the Super 14. He appeared in all 11 Hurricanes matches in the 2005 season. He is capable of playing all three loose-forward positions but has been concentrating on the openside flanker's role. Masoe has good pace and is a strong ball runner and a tough defender.
Sevens
He has been a regular member of the New Zealand Sevens squad in the past and a member of the 2002 Commonwealth Games gold-winning team.
Handbag incident
On the night of the Super 14 final on 27 May 2006, former All Black captain Tana Umaga struck Hurricanes team mate Chris Masoe over the head with a woman's handbag, breaking her cell phone, after Masoe allegedly attempted to strike another patron. Masoe was fined $3000 by the NZRU as punishment.[1]
Castres Olympique
In 2008, he signed a contract for French Top 14 team Castres Olympique. In 2010, he was selected in the French Barbarians squad to play Tonga on November 26.
Awards
His allround ability earned him the Taranaki Sportsman of the Year in 2002 and in the same year he was named New Zealand Sevens Player of the Year.
References
- ^ Booker, Jarrod (30 May 2006). "Players say sorry over handbag incident". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/event/story.cfm?c_id=331&objectid=10384153. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
External links
New Zealand squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup Forwards Backs Coach New Zealand squad – 2006 Tri Nations Forwards Backs Coach Castres Olympique squad Forwards Backs Coach Labit and TraversCategories:- 1979 births
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union number eights
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- New Zealand people of Samoan descent
- Expatriate rugby union players in France
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