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Birth name | Aaron Carpenter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1983-01-09) 9 January 1983 (age 41) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Brantford, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 109 kg (240 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aaron Carpenter (born 9 January 1983) is a retired Canadian rugby union player who represented Canada at three Rugby World Cups (2007, 2011 and 2015). He became the Canadian international cap leader on June 17, 2017, with 77. After retiring from play in January 2018, he began coaching the Toronto Arrows.
References
- ^ "Team Canada Rugby Profiles". tsn.ca. TSN. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- "Canada names final 30 man squad for Rugby World Cup". Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
- Smiley, Brian (28 August 2015). "Brantford's Aaron Carpenter to play in third Rugby World Cup". Brantford Expositor.ca. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- "Carpenter earns record 77th cap in Canada's loss to Romania". cbc.ca. CBC. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- "Former Canada rugby captain Aaron Carpenter retires after string of head injuries". The Toronto Star. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
External links
- Rugby Canada: RWC 2007 Player Profiles Archived 2008-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Rugby Canada: Carpenter From Back to Front
- Cornish Pirates Player Profile
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Coach: Crowley |
Canada squad – 2011 Rugby World Cup | |
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Canada squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup | |
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Coach: Suggitt |
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Canadian rugby union coaches
- Canadian rugby union players
- McMaster University alumni
- Rugby union players from Ontario
- Sportspeople from Brantford
- Canada international rugby union players
- Plymouth Albion R.F.C. players
- Canadian expatriate rugby union players in England
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union number eights
- Rugby union hookers
- 2007 Rugby World Cup players
- 2011 Rugby World Cup players
- 2015 Rugby World Cup players