Kirwan Sanday

Kirwan Sanday is an Australian professional rugby union player of Fijian descent. He plays for the Reds and his usual position is prop.[1]

Kirwan Sanday
Date of birth (1991-02-13) 13 February 1991
Place of birthCanberra, Australia
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight118 kg (18 st 8 lb; 260 lb)
SchoolSt Joseph's College, Nudgee
Notable relative(s)John Sanday (uncle)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Queensland Country
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014, 2016–pres.
2015		 Queensland Country
Sydney Stars		 6
3		 0
0
Correct as of 9 October 2016
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017–pres. Reds 9 0
Correct as of 2 June 2017
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–2010
2015		 Fiji Under-20
Fiji Warriors		 5
1		 (8)
(0)
Correct as of 27 May 2015

Early life

Kirwan Sanday was born in Canberra.[1] He is the nephew of John Sanday, the former international rugby player for Fiji.[2] Sanday attended St Joseph's College, Nudgee in Brisbane and was selected for the Queensland team at the Australian Schools Rugby Championships.[1]

Rugby career

Sanday joined the Easts Tigers to play in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition. He played for Fiji Under-20 in 2009 and 2010 at the World Championships.[3][2] Sanday was selected for the Fiji Warriors against Argentina XV in Uruguay in 2015,[4] and for Queensland Country in the National Rugby Championship.

He made his Super Rugby debut on 27 March 2017,[3] and played off the bench in nine matches of the 2017 season.[3][5]

References
  1. "Kirwan Sanday". Reds Rugby. 2017. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  2. Malo, Maciu (6 May 2010). "Sanday In The Mix". Fiji Sun. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  3. "Kirwan Sanday". It's Rugby.
  4. Ratuva, Anasilini (27 May 2015). "Sanday starts". Fiji Sun. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  5. Tucker, Jim (27 May 2017). "Queensland Reds' season all but over after crashing to Western Force in Brisbane". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
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