Aidan Ross

Ross debuted for the Bay of Plenty in 2015 and was also a member of the New Zealand Under-20 squad who won the Under-20 Championship in Italy.^[4]

In 2017, he was called into the Chiefs squad as an injury cover and made his debut against the Western Force on 22 April.^[2][5] He captained the Bay of Plenty when they won the 2019 Mitre 10 Cup Championship final.^[6][7]

In 2021, Ross was called into the All Blacks squad as an injury cover for Karl Tu'inukuafe ahead of the second test against Fiji but did not get to play.^[8] He made his international debut for New Zealand against Ireland on 9 July 2022 at Dunedin.^[9][10][11]

Ross was the thirteenth player, and first prop, to play 100 games for the Chiefs. He reached the milestone in the first round of the 2025 finals, against the Blues, and ended with 101 caps.^[12][13]

In December 2024, Ross signed a three-year contract with the Queensland Reds beginning in July 2025 until the end of the 2027 Super Rugby season.^[14] Ross played his last match for the Chiefs on 21 June 2025 in the Super Rugby Pacific final, in which the Chiefs suffered defeat against the Crusaders. He made his Reds debut on 2 July 2025 in a match against the British & Irish Lions as part of their 2025 Australian tour.^{[citation needed]}

On 28 July he was added to the Wallabies squad for the third and final test of the tour.^[3]

• Aidan Ross at the All Blacks (archived)
• Chiefs Profile
• Aidan Ross at ESPNscrum (archived)
• Aidan Ross at ItsRugby.co.uk
• Aidan Ross at all.rugby/
• Aidan Ross at rugbydatabase.co.nz/