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Sam Beard

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Sam Beard
Birth nameSamuel Thomas Beard
Date of birth (1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 (age 34)
Place of birthTimaru, New Zealand
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011 South Canterbury 9 (15)
20113 Bay of Plenty 6 (0)
2013–2016 Edinburgh 41 (10)
2016–2018 Dragons 34 (25)
2018–2019 Crusaders 0 (0)
2020- New England Free Jacks ()
Correct as of 12 November 2019

Sam Beard (born 3 May 1990 in Timaru, New Zealand) is a rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is Centre.

Career

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Beard moved to Christchurch as a young player to pursue a career in rugby and kicked off matters in earnest with Burnside's championship-winning team.

He was then called up to the provincial Canterbury B team and, after an impressive season in which he was named player of the year, was brought into the Crusader Knights, the development squad of Super Rugby giants Crusaders.[1]

Bay of Plenty then offered the midfielder the next step on the provincial ladder, where he played out his first season before being approached in 2013 to join Edinburgh in Scotland.[2]

Having made his initial appearances for the team from the replacements' bench, Beard started a match for the first time on 28 February 2014, during which he ran in Edinburgh's second try in a victory over Ospreys.[3]

Beard was contracted to Edinburgh until 2016, having signed a contract extension at the end of his first season with the club.[4] On 22 February 2016, Beard signed a two-year deal with Welsh region the Dragons from the 2016–17 season.[5] He was released by the Dragons at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Rugby Statistics

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As of 28 June 2015
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2015–16 Edinburgh 2 2 0 121 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
2014–15 Edinburgh 20 16 4 1237 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013–14 Edinburgh 13 4 9 468 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Total 35 22 13 1826 2 0 0 0 10 0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Timaru's Sam Beard signs up with Bay of Plenty". Stuff. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Sam Beard". Edinburgh Rugby. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Edinburgh 31 - 25 Ospreys". BBC Sport. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Edinburgh Rugby: Trialists Sam Beard and Carl Bezuidenhout sign deals". BBC Sport. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Edinburgh centre Sam Beard signs for Newport Gwent Dragons". Sky Sports. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

Sam Beard is nephew of John Haggart

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