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AIDAN ROSS
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A World Championship winner with NZ U20 in 2015 he made his senior debut for the Bay of Plenty Steamers that year Ross debuted for the Chiefs this year and was in the Provincial Barbarians team that met the Lions in Whangarei PROVINCE: Bay of Plenty DOB: 25 10 95
HEIGHT: 1 1 1 1 89
WEIGHT: 112kg
SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 2 2 MICHAEL ALLARDICE
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Allardice is back after injury saw him miss the three months of the Investec Super Rugby season Part of the Chiefs team that beat Wales in 2016 and is a a former New Zealand Schools and and Universities representative PROVINCE: Hawke’s Bay DOB: 19 10 91
HEIGHT: 2 2 00m WEIGHT: 112kg
SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 19 DOMINIC BIRD
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Has thrived at the Chiefs after making his Investec Super Rugby debut for the Crusaders His mobility complements the strong Chiefs forward pack alongside his JWC 2011-winning NZ U20 team-mate Brodie Retallick PROVINCE: Canterbury DOB: 09 04 91
HEIGHT: 2 2 06m WEIGHT: 112kg
SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 54
MITCHELL
BROWN
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Impressive performances as an injury replacement player earned Brown a a spot in the 2017 squad and the Young Player of the the Year at the the 2016 Chiefs Awards Built on that good start in 2017 and developed further this year PROVINCE: Taranaki DOB: 15 08 93
HEIGHT: 1 1 1 1 94m
WEIGHT: 110kg
SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 13 BRODIE RETALLICK
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A world-class player Retallick has been a a key gure for the Chiefs in 2017 Made his debut for the Chiefs in 2012 and was key for the Rugby World Cup- winning All Blacks team in in in 2015 Named World Rugby Player of the Year in 2014 PROVINCE: Bay of Plenty DOB: 31 05 91
HEIGHT: 1 1 1 1 1 99m
WEIGHT: 118kg
SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 83 LACHLAN BOSHIER
LOOSE FORWARD
PROVINCE: Taranaki DOB: 16 11 94 HEIGHT: 1 1 1 1 1 1 91m
WEIGHT: 105kg
SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 14 Boshier is a a talented loose forward who has come through the New Zealand Schools (2012) and Under 20 20 (2014) programmes Made his debut last year and started on the the openside in the the victory over Wales DHL NEW ZEALAND LIONS SERIES 2017 // 45
THE CHIEFS SQUAD
