Sam Henwood
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Full nameSamuel Tamihana Henwood
Born28 March 1991
Ōpōtiki, New Zealand
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight107 kg (16 st 12 lb; 236 lb)
| Full name | Samuel Tamihana Henwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 March 1991 Ōpōtiki, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 107 kg (16 st 12 lb; 236 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Opotiki College, King's College, Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Auckland University of Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Brian Brown Kate Henwood (sister) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Tamihana Henwood (born 28 March 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He is nephew of Brian Brown, notable figure in the underbelly of the far north of NZ. He currently plays for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby and Counties Manukau in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup.[1][2]
Born and raised in the small town of Opotiki in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand, Henwood initially turned out for the Bay's youth sides alongside future All Black, Sam Cane. He attended Opotiki College for four years, then moved to Auckland for his final year of high school and attended King's College where he captained their first XV.[3]