Hosea Gear
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| Full name | Hosea Emilliano Gear | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 March 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gisborne, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (229 lb; 16 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Gisborne Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Rico Gear (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Hosea Emiliano Gear (born 16 March 1984) is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played as a wing. He has also played 14 international matches for New Zealand.
Early life
[edit]The younger brother of Rico Gear, he was born in Gisborne, New Zealand, where he attended Gisborne Boys' High School. He is of the Ngāti Porou Iwi.
Rugby career
[edit]He currently holds the record for most tries in a provincial season with 14 in the 2008 Air New Zealand Cup. He has played for the New Zealand Maori. After his outstanding performance for Wellington in the 2008 Air New Zealand Cup, he was chosen for the All Blacks to tour Hong Kong and Europe on 26 October 2008 and made his debut against Australia in the Bledisloe Cup on 1 November. In 2010 Gear made his Rugby Sevens debut in the 2010 Commonwealth Games for New Zealand and was chosen for the All Blacks end of year tour. After an injury to Cory Jane, Gear was given a starting spot against England, a game in which he scored the first try. The following week vs Scotland Gear once again scored the first try and then went on later to score another in the All Blacks 49–3 win. Again Gear scored the first Try in the All Blacks vs Wales game, also going on to score another to top off a great international year.
Gear initially narrowly missed selection to the New Zealand squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.[1] However, after a string of injuries to the All Black's squad, Gear was called up prior to the semi-final match against the Wallabies.[2] He was not named in the twenty-two man team to play the match. He received a World Cup winner's medal after the final which New Zealand won 8–7, but he was not in the match-day 22.
Hosea Gear ended his rugby career when he transitioned from a player-coach to first XV coach for East Coast in late 2021. He also coached Ngati Porou East Coast rugby team.
References
[edit]- ^ "Rugby World Cup 2011: All Blacks pick Vito, omit Sivivatu & Gear". BBC. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Rugby World Cup: NZ call up Gear & Donald for Muliaina & Slade". BBC. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
External links
[edit]- 1984 births
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Gisborne, New Zealand
- People educated at Gisborne Boys' High School
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Māori All Blacks players
- Ngāti Porou people
- Hurricanes (rugby union) players
- Highlanders (rugby union) players
- Chiefs (rugby union) players
- Wellington rugby union players
- North Harbour rugby union players
- Mie Honda Heat players
- Stade Toulousain players
- ASM Clermont Auvergne players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in France
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- New Zealand international rugby sevens players
- New Zealand male rugby sevens players
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for New Zealand
- Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
- Victoria University of Wellington alumni
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- 2011 Rugby World Cup players
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union wings
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen