James Broadhurst
| Born | James Patrick Broadhurst 1 December 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 122 kg (19 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative | Michael Broadhurst (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Broadhurst (born 1 December 1987) is a former New Zealand rugby union lock who played provincial rugby for Taranaki, Super Rugby for the Hurricanes, and for the All Blacks. He was also a national representative at the under-19 and under-21 levels.[1][2][3]
Broadhurst was born in Kaitaia and educated at Campion College in Gisborne.[4]
Broadhurst made his debut for New Zealand on 25 July 2015 against South Africa but was subbed off at half-time. In September that year Broadhurst received two serious head knocks while representing Taranaki and was taken off the field due to concussion. Broadhurst has not played a game of rugby since then, with symptoms of concussion still ongoing for him as of early 2017.
His brother is Japan rugby player Michael Broadhurst.
He retired in April 2017 after failing to recover from the ongoing effects of concussion.[5]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- James Broadhurst at AllBlacks.com
- Taranaki RFU profile
- Hurricanes profile Archived 25 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- 1987 births
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Hurricanes (rugby union) players
- Rugby union locks
- Canterbury rugby union players
- Taranaki rugby union players
- People educated at Campion College, Gisborne
- Rugby union players from Gisborne, New Zealand
- Sportspeople from Kaitaia
- Rugby union players from the Northland Region
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1980s birth stubs