Hamish Northcott (born 6 August 1992) is a New Zealand rugby union player who played as a Second five-eighth or Centre for Manawatu in the Mitre 10 Cup.[2][3][4]
| Date of birth | 6 August 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Feilding, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Feilding High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Massey University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He also played for the Hurricanes Development team in 2013 and the Blues in Super Rugby.[5]
Career
editA product of Feilding High School, Northcott followed a well walked path into the Manawatu Turbos Mitre 10 Cup team.
He debuted for Manawatu in the 2012 season making only one appearance and then played four times the following year. In 2014 he finally nailed down a place as a starter and was a key member of the Turbos side which finished top of the ITM Cup Championship division.[3]
Northcott has also been a member of the Hurricanes development side.[6]
Some strong performances in the Turbos midfield during 2014 earned him a Super Rugby contract with the Blues for 2015 coached by Sir John Kirwan.[5] He played four games at Centre, one at 2nd 5/8 and was a substitute in his other game. He was in the first three games of the season (against the Chiefs, Stormers and Cheetahs) before Charles Piutau was moved from Fullback to Centre. However, Francis Saili and George Moala were the preferred mid-field combination and played most of the season's games. Northcott played the last two games at Centre against the Crusaders and Highlanders.[7] However, the Blues did not sign Northcott for the 2016 season.[8]
Although not appearing again at Super Rugby level he continued to be a regular starting player for the Manawatu team up to and including the 2019 season.[9]
Northcott also played for the New Zealand Universities rugby team from 2014 to 2019.
In July 2020 Northcott reached 100 games in the Manawatu Senior A competition for his club (Massey) University.[10] He continued to play for the university club up to the 2022 season.[11][12]
He worked on a Pahiatua sheep-and-beef farm and coached juniors in Rippa rugby.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Hamish Northcott". RugbyPass. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Hamish Northcott Manawatu Turbos Player Profile". Turbos Rugby. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Hamish Northcott itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Hamish Northcott ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Consistency sees Northcott heading north". ESPN Scrum. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Northcott to Play for Hurricanes Development Side". Turbos Rugby. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ Akers, Clive., Miller, Geoff., Hill, Adrian. 2016 Rugby Almanack. Upstart Press Ltd, Auckland. ISBN 978-1-92 7262-55-9
- ^ "Northcott ready for Super call-up". Stuff. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/hamish-c-northcott
- ^ "Hamish Northcott brings up his hundred for Varsity". 16 July 2020.
- ^ https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/300571883/storming-return-for-laubscher-as-varsity-down-college-old-boys
- ^ https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/300621915/shieldwinning-varsity-given-lategame-tremors-by-obm
- ^ "Northcott sticks with Manawatū through thick and thin times". 21 September 2018.