Rugby player
Date of birth | (2000-06-09) 9 June 2000 (age 24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Mahurangi College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kade Banks (born 9 June 2000) is a New Zealand rugby union player, who currently plays as a wing or fullback for North Harbour in New Zealand's domestic National Provincial Championship competition and the Hurricanes in Super Rugby.
Early career
Banks has been playing rugby from an early age, playing for Mahurangi. He attended Mahurangi College, co-captaining their side to a final's win in the North Harbour Championship. Before turning professional, Banks was a real estate agent.
Senior career
Banks has represented North Harbour in the National Provincial Championship since 2020 when he was named in the province's NPC squad for the first time. Four years later, in 2024, he was the NPC top try scorer with 10 tries.
Banks was named in the Blues squad for the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season.
On 16 October 2024, the Hurricanes announced that Banks had signed with the franchise for the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season.
References
- "Kade Banks". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- "North Harbour Rugby squad confirmed for 2024 Bunnings Warehouse NPC". North Harbour Rugby (Press release). 25 July 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ "Dynamic outside-back signs with the Hurricanes". Hurricanes (Press release). 16 October 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- "Top season for Mahurangi rugby". Stuff.co.nz. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- "College overcomes hoodoo in finals thrashing". Local Matters. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- "Kade Banks". Ray White. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- "QBE North Harbour Rugby squad full of promise for 2020 Mitre 10 Cup". North Harbour Rugby (Press release). 21 August 2020. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- "Stats wrap: Bunnings NPC". allblacks.com. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- "Blues inject youth into experienced core for 2024". Blues (Press release). 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
External links
- NZ Rugby History profile
- Kade Banks at All.Rugby
- Kade Banks at ItsRugby.co.uk
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