Rugby player
| Birth name | Simon David Culhane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1968-03-10) 10 March 1968 (age 56) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Invercargill, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Kingswell High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Benjamin Culhane (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Builder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simon Culhane (born 10 March 1968 in Invercargill, New Zealand) is a former rugby union player who won six caps playing at fly-half for the New Zealand rugby union side (the All Blacks).
Culhane made his international test debut at the age of 27 on 4 June 1995 during the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The match, against Japan was won 145–17 and is the largest winning margin for an All Blacks side. Culhane amassed 45 points during his debut, a world record for first class test rugby that still stands today, slotting 20 of 21 conversion attempts and scoring a try. He lost his place in the starting line-up for the next match to first-choice Andrew Mehrtens. He then went on to win just five more caps. He currently coaches Rugby Southland in the New Zealand National Provincial Championship.
He also played cricket for Southland in the Hawke Cup.
References
- "Simon Culhane". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- Savory, Logan (24 November 2020). "Youngster Benji Culhane in line for Southland Hawke Cup debut". Southland Times. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
External links
- Simon Culhane on Sporting Heroes
- Simon Culhane at the All Blacks (archived)
| New Zealand squad – 1995 Rugby World Cup runners-up | |
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| Coach: Mains | |
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- Cambridge R.U.F.C. players
- Living people
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Southland rugby union players
- Otago rugby union players
- Highlanders (rugby union) players
- Rugby union players from Invercargill
- People educated at Aurora College (Invercargill)
- 1995 Rugby World Cup players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England
- New Zealand rugby union players
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
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