| Date of birth | 27 April 1991 | ||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Ōpōtiki, New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb; 220 lb) | ||||||||||
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Dylan "DJ" Collier (born 27 April 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league player. Collier currently plays for Waikato and represents New Zealand in rugby sevens.
Rugby league career[edit]
A goal kicking winger, Collier was a New Zealand Warriors junior and played in their 2011 National Youth Competition Grand Final winning side.
In 2012 Collier played for the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup.[1]
Rugby union career[edit]
Collier signed for Waikato in 2013 and made his New Zealand rugby sevens debut in 2015 after playing for Waikato at the National Sevens Championship.[2][3] He joined the Southland Stags for the 2016 Mitre 10 Cup.[4]
Collier was part of the All Blacks Sevens squad that won a bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[5][6][7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Former Junior Warrior lines up for Mooloos". Stuff. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ BEN STRANG (29 January 2015). "From sixes to sevens, Waikato's Dylan Collier powers into NZ squad". Stuff. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ AARON GOILE (25 September 2015). "Waikato winger Dylan Collier looking to push sevens claims in 15s". Stuff. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ "Meet the 2016 Southland Stags squad for the 2016 national provincial season". stuff.co.nz. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens teams named for Commonwealth Games". allblacks.com. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Experienced New Zealand sevens squads revealed for Commonwealth Games". Stuff. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ McConnell, Lynn (1 August 2022). "Double bronze for New Zealand Sevens sides in Birmingham". allblacks.com. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "NZ Sevens sides bounce back to win bronze medals". 1 News. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.