Shon Siemonek
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Shon Siemonek is a New Zealand
-born Rugby Union player for the Ballymore Tornadoes
in the Australian Rugby Championship
, where he plays as a loose-head prop.
, Hawke's Bay
, New Zealand, Shon Siemonek attended St Bernards College in Lower Hutt where he represented the schools 1st XV Rugby Union team, 1st XIII Rugby League team and excelled in cricket and croquet.
After leaving high-school Siemonek continued his Rugby Union career at Hutt Old Boys Marist Rugby Football Club in Lower Hutt where he played with All Black Piri Weepu, and Hurricane Jeremy Thrush. During his last year of high-school Siemonek switched from the wing to prop and he continued his development in this position before moving to Australia in 2004.
In 2007, Siemonek was selected in the Ballymore Tornadoes squad to contest the inaugural Australian Rugby Championship. Siemonek is a powerful scrummager and a damaging ball runner, a good season in 2007 will see Siemonek push hard for a place in the Queensland Reds
2008 Super 14 squad.
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...
-born Rugby Union player for the Ballymore Tornadoes
Ballymore Tornadoes
The Ballymore Tornadoes were an Australian rugby union football club that played in the now-defunct Australian Rugby Championship. The Tornadoes were formed as one of Queensland's two clubs that will participate in the inaugural season of the championship, starting in August 2007...
in the Australian Rugby Championship
Australian Rugby Championship
The Australian Rugby Championship, often abbreviated to the ARC , was a domestic Rugby union football club competition in Australia which ran for only one season in August–October 2007...
, where he plays as a loose-head prop.
Background
Born in NapierNapier, New Zealand
Napier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"...
, Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay is a region of New Zealand. Hawke's Bay is recognised on the world stage for its award-winning wines. The regional council sits in both the cities of Napier and Hastings.-Geography:...
, New Zealand, Shon Siemonek attended St Bernards College in Lower Hutt where he represented the schools 1st XV Rugby Union team, 1st XIII Rugby League team and excelled in cricket and croquet.
After leaving high-school Siemonek continued his Rugby Union career at Hutt Old Boys Marist Rugby Football Club in Lower Hutt where he played with All Black Piri Weepu, and Hurricane Jeremy Thrush. During his last year of high-school Siemonek switched from the wing to prop and he continued his development in this position before moving to Australia in 2004.
In 2007, Siemonek was selected in the Ballymore Tornadoes squad to contest the inaugural Australian Rugby Championship. Siemonek is a powerful scrummager and a damaging ball runner, a good season in 2007 will see Siemonek push hard for a place in the Queensland Reds
Queensland Reds
The Queensland Reds represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union in the Southern Hemisphere Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996 they were a representative team selected on merit from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland...
2008 Super 14 squad.