Dylan Mika

Dylan Mika

Full name	Dylan Gabriel Mika
Date of birth	17 April 1972 (1972-04-17) (age 39)
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
School	St Peter's College, Auckland
Notable relative(s)	Pat Lam
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Flanker
New Zealand No.	982
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1994–2000	Auckland	55
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1996–1998, 2000 1999	Blues Chiefs	23
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1994 1999	Samoa  New Zealand	2 7	(0) (5)

Dylan Mika (born 17 April 1972 in Auckland, New Zealand). He was educated at St Peter's College. He is a former rugby union footballer who played for both Samoa national rugby union team and the All Blacks. Mika played mainly at flanker during his career. He first played internationally for Samoa despite being born in New Zealand. Playing two Tests in 1994, he then stood down internationally for three years to enable him to play for the All Blacks. He played provincially for Auckland between 1994 and 2000, and for the Blues in the Super 12. He was drafted into the Chiefs in 1999, and his performances there helped earn him All Blacks selection.

He played a total of seven All Blacks Tests and one game—all in 1999. His first All Blacks match was against his old side Samoa, who were also captained by his first cousin Pat Lam. He played in several of that years Tri-Nations matches before being selected for the squad in the 1999 Rugby World Cup. In that tournament he started only one match; against Italy in Huddersfield. In 2000 he returned to the Blues before playing for Auckland in the National Provincial Championship. Following that season he moved to Japan. On his retirement from rugby he returned to New Zealand.

References

• Dylan Mika at AllBlacks.com
• "Blues flanker dilemma". scrum.com. 2000-04-27. http://www.scrum.com/2444_10162.php. Retrieved 2008-04-24. 
• "Ton-up All Blacks rout Italy". bbc.co.uk. 1999-10-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/rugby_world_cup/teams/new_zealand/475004.stm. Retrieved 2008-04-24. 
• Long, David. "Former player says Blues need a powwow". Sunday News. http://stuff.co.nz/sundaynews/4488775a19772.html. Retrieved 2008-04-24. 
• "Sporting Digest: Rugby Union". The Independent. 1999-06-18. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990618/ai_n14229279. Retrieved 2008-04-24. ^{[dead link]}
• "New Zealand Player Biographies". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 1999. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rugby/world_cup/news/1999/09/26/newzealand_bios/. Retrieved 2008-04-24. 
• "Physical Activity Guide" (pdf). Ministry of Health. http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/pagesmh/6870/$File/npdi-diabetes-services-physical-guidelines.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-24. 
• "Dylan Mika". scrum.com. http://www.scrum.com/1200_1205.php?player=13694&includeref=dynamic. Retrieved 2008-04-24. 

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Name	Mika, Dylan
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Date of birth	17 April 1972
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
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