- Greg Somerville
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name = Greg Somerville
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birthname = Greg Mardon Somerville
nickname = Yoda
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|11|28
placeofbirth =Wairoa ,New Zealand
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height = height|m=1.86
weight = convert|115|kg|stlb|abbr=on
ru_position = prop|capital=yes
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ru_amateuryears = 2008–
ru_amateurclubs = Gloucester Rugby
ru_amupdate = 31 March 2008
ru_nationalteam = flagicon|New Zealand New Zealand
ru_nationalyears = 2000–2008, 2010–
ru_nationalcaps = 57
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super14caps = 107
super14points = (40)
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super14update = 31 March 2008
ru_province = flagicon|New Zealand Canterbury
ru_provinceyears = 1998–
ru_provincecaps = 54
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ru_provinceupdate = 12 August 2007
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occupation = Professional rugby player
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university =Greg Mardon Somerville is a
New Zealand rugby union player. Somerville is currently in the New Zealand national side, theAll Blacks and is a front rower, specializing in the position of tighthead prop. Somerville made his 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 so far only test try against Fiji in 2005.Somerville plays provincial rugby for
Canterbury Rugby Football Union and in the Super 14 for the Crusaders, having played 100 Super rugby matches after debuting against the Chiefs in 1999. Somerville's nickname isYoda , after the fictional character fromStar Wars . Somerville's name is occasionally misspelt "Sommerville". [http://stats.allblacks.com/Profile.asp?ABID=605]He played his 50th test match against Argentina on June 2006 at Buenos Aires.
He has signed a two-and-a-half year deal with the Guinness Premiership club Gloucester and will leave New Zealand for Kingsholm following their tour to Britain and Ireland at the end of the year.
References
*All Blacks|id= 817|name=Greg Somerville
* [http://www.crfu.co.nz/crfu_anx/index.cfm/1,80,287,html/Greg-Somerville CRFU Profile]
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