Casey Dunning
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Casey Dunning is an international rugby union player for Canada
, who grew up in Australia
. He plays at prop and played for English club Pertemps Bees during 06/07 season. In the 06/07 season Dunning broke his ankle which resulted with him being sidelined for many months, however he did make a return at the end of the season. Dunning was included along with, at the time, fellow Bees player Brodie Henderson
in the list of reserves for Canada's Churchill Cup
07 which was held in England. Dunning is one of two Canadian international props that have played for Pertemps Bees, the other being Kevin Tkachuk
who has captained his country on 5 occasions and now plays for Glasgow Warriors
. Shortly before the start of the Guinness Premiership
2007-08 season he signed with Premiership team London Irish
as short term cover for the 2007 Rugby World Cup
.
Dunning signed with the Nelson Bay (NSW) Groupers in April 2009. .
His brother is Australian
prop Matt Dunning
.
Canada national rugby union team
The Canada national rugby union team represents Canada in international rugby union. They are governed by Rugby Canada, and play in red and black. Canada is classified by the International Rugby Board as a tier two rugby nation. There are ten tier one nations, and seven tier two nations, the...
, who grew up in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. He plays at prop and played for English club Pertemps Bees during 06/07 season. In the 06/07 season Dunning broke his ankle which resulted with him being sidelined for many months, however he did make a return at the end of the season. Dunning was included along with, at the time, fellow Bees player Brodie Henderson
Brodie Henderson
Brodie Henderson is a professional rugby union player who has represented Canada and Canada Sevens...
in the list of reserves for Canada's Churchill Cup
Churchill Cup
The Churchill Cup was an annual rugby union tournament, held in June, contested by representative men's teams from Canada, England, the United States, and other invited teams from a wide array of countries....
07 which was held in England. Dunning is one of two Canadian international props that have played for Pertemps Bees, the other being Kevin Tkachuk
Kevin Tkachuk
Kevin Tkachuk is a prop for the Canada national rugby union team and the Glasgow Warriors in Scotland....
who has captained his country on 5 occasions and now plays for Glasgow Warriors
Glasgow Warriors
The Glasgow Warriors, formerly Glasgow Rugby, are one of two professional rugby union teams in Scotland, Edinburgh being the other. They play in the RaboDirect Pro12 and their home ground is Firhill Stadium, also the home of Partick Thistle Football Club.-History:Glasgow Rugby were created to...
. Shortly before the start of the Guinness Premiership
Guinness Premiership
The English Premiership, also currently known as the Aviva Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Aviva, is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are twelve clubs in the Premiership...
2007-08 season he signed with Premiership team London Irish
London Irish
London Irish RFC is an English rugby union club based in Sunbury, Surrey, where the senior squad train, the youth teams and senior academy play home games, and the club maintain their administrative offices. The senior squad play home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading and compete in the top...
as short term cover for the 2007 Rugby World Cup
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...
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Dunning signed with the Nelson Bay (NSW) Groupers in April 2009. .
His brother is Australian
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
prop Matt Dunning
Matt Dunning
Matt Dunning is an Australian rugby union footballer. He was educated at Northholm Grammar School and represented New South Wales and Australian Schools, U19s and U21s. Dunning plays club rugby for Eastwood and has represented the New South Wales Waratahs in the Super 14 since 2001...
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