Sean Maitland
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Sean Daniel Maitland is a New Zealand
Rugby Union
player who plays for the Crusaders in the Super 15. He also plays provincial rugby for Canterbury.
, New Zealand
on 14 September 1988. Sean attended Hamilton Boys' High School
where he played in the first XV and competed in athletics, recording a personal best of 11.29 and 22.30 seconds for the 100m and 200m respectively, and threw the discus 45.47m. Sean is half Scottish and is of Maori and Samoan descent from his mothers side. He is the cousin of New Zealand born, Australian Rugby Union Player Quade Cooper
and New Zealand Rugby Union Player Israel Dagg.
On his maternal grandfather's side, Sean is also closely related to 'Smoking Joe' Stanley of New Zealand All Black fame in the mid 1980s–1990.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
Rugby Union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player who plays for the Crusaders in the Super 15. He also plays provincial rugby for Canterbury.
Early life
Sean Maitland was born in TokoroaTokoroa
Tokoroa is the third-largest town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand and largest settlement in the South Waikato district. Located 30 km southwest of Rotorua, close to the foot of the Mamaku Ranges, it is mid-way between Taupo and Hamilton on State Highway One...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
on 14 September 1988. Sean attended Hamilton Boys' High School
Hamilton Boys' High School
Hamilton Boys' High School is a boys' secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand. The school was established as Hamilton High School in 1903 but was later split into separate boys' and girls' schools. The school crest features a lion, sash and star, and bears the motto "Sapiens Fortunam Fingit Sibi"...
where he played in the first XV and competed in athletics, recording a personal best of 11.29 and 22.30 seconds for the 100m and 200m respectively, and threw the discus 45.47m. Sean is half Scottish and is of Maori and Samoan descent from his mothers side. He is the cousin of New Zealand born, Australian Rugby Union Player Quade Cooper
Quade Cooper
Quade S. Cooper is a New Zealand born Australian rugby union player.He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition and the Australia national rugby union team, generally as fly-half.-Career:...
and New Zealand Rugby Union Player Israel Dagg.
Rugby career
Maitland spent 2005 and 2006 in the New Zealand Schools team and was a member of New Zealand U19 World Cup winning side in 2007 and the New Zealand Under 20's side in 2008 winning the IRB Junior World Championship. Sean scored four tries against teams from Argentina, Ireland and Wales. Maitland made his Super Rugby debut for the Crusaders against the Brumbies in 2008 and played in every Crusaders match that year. The powerful wing vies with Zac Guildford as the quickest in the Crusaders' squad. In 2010, Sean was selected for the "New Zealand Maori" Rugby Union Team. On 11 March 2011 he scored 4 tries in a game against the Brumbies, equaling the record for the most tries scored in a Super Rugby match.On his maternal grandfather's side, Sean is also closely related to 'Smoking Joe' Stanley of New Zealand All Black fame in the mid 1980s–1990.