Greg Somerville

Greg Mardon Somerville is a New Zealand rugby union player. He is a former All Black and a specialised tighthead prop who can also play loosehead. Somerville made his All Black debut in 2000 against Tonga, a match in which the All Blacks won 102–0. Somerville went 41 test matches before scoring his first, and only test try against Fiji in 2005. Somerville played domestic rugby for Canterbury Rugby Football Union and for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition, having played 100 matches for the latter after debuting against the Chiefs in 1999. Somerville's nickname is Yoda, after the fictional character from Star Wars due to their resemblance.^[1]

BornGreg Mardon Somerville
(1977-11-28) 28 November 1977 (age 48)

Wairoa, New Zealand

Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight115 kg (18 st 2 lb)

OccupationProfessional rugby player

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Greg Somerville

Somerville in 2011
Born	Greg Mardon Somerville (1977-11-28) 28 November 1977 (age 48) Wairoa, New Zealand
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
Occupation	Professional rugby player
Rugby union career
Position Prop Correct as of 31 March 2008 Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2008–10 Gloucester 36 (5) Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1998–2008 Canterbury 56 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 1999–2008 Crusaders 115 (45) 2011 Melbourne Rebels 16 (5) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2000–08 New Zealand 66 (5)

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Somerville left New Zealand in late 2008, having signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with the Guinness Premiership team Gloucester. In 2010 he left Gloucester for the Melbourne Rebels, with whom he spent the 2011 season before retiring.

Somerville's sporting hero is Buck Shelford, who, he says, "was a tremendous leader for the All Blacks and an outstanding front-rower."^[2]