Bryce Heem
| Full name | Bryce Ian Heem | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 January 1989 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Avondale College[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bryce Ian Heem (born 18 January 1989) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He played as a wing or centre for the Blues in Super Rugby between 2021 and 2024, and was a member of the New Zealand national rugby sevens team from 2011 to 2014, winning a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Heem began his senior rugby career with his home province Auckland and made 3 appearances during the 2010 ITM Cup season before heading north to Whangārei to link up with Northland Taniwha as a loan player.[2] He spent 2 seasons with the Cambridge Blues and scored 5 tries in 15 appearances before heading down to the South Island to join the Tasman Mako in 2012.[3] He firmly established himself as a regular starter for the men from Nelson during their impressive 2013 and 2014 ITM Cup campaigns and this form saw him handed a Super Rugby contract with the Chiefs ahead of the 2015 Super Rugby season.[4]
On 8 April 2015, it was announced Heem would move to England to join Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership from the 2015–16 season.[5] Heem marked his debut with a try in a victory over Newcastle Falcons in November 2015.
On the 18 November 2017, Heem scored a hat-trick of tries in Worcester's first win of the 2017-18 English Premiership season. The win against Northampton Saints (30-15) saw Worcester lifted from bottom of the table. A culmination of improved performances in two close losses against Harlequins, in the preceding weeks.[6]
Heem went on to play four seasons for Worcester Warriors, scoring 32 tries in 70 games.[7]
On 27 February 2019, French giants Toulon announced that they had signed Heem on a two-year deal, starting from the 2019–20 Top 14 season.[8] However, on 25 January 2021, the club granted him an early release from his contract to return to New Zealand for family reasons. He played 26 games and scored 6 tries for Toulon.[9]
He subsequently joined the Blues for the 2021 Super Rugby season.[10] He came off the bench in the Blues 41-10 win over the Chiefs in the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific Grand Final. It was the franchise's 4th Super Rugby title, and their first since 2003.
Heem announced his retirement from rugby in May 2025, after a wrist injury in 2024 ruled him out of the 2025 Super Rugby season.[11]
International career
[edit | edit source]Heem represented the All Blacks Sevens side from 2011 until he signed his Super Rugby contract with the Chiefs.[12] His time on the sevens circuit saw him win a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[13]
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External links
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Rugby union wings
- Rugby union centres
- Auckland rugby union players
- Northland rugby union players
- Tasman rugby union players
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
- Chiefs (Super Rugby) players
- Worcester Warriors players
- RC Toulon players
- Blues (Super Rugby) players
- Rugby union players from Auckland
- New Zealand male rugby sevens players
- New Zealand international rugby sevens players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for New Zealand
- Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in rugby sevens
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in France
- People educated at Avondale College