Oliver Jager

Oliver Jager
Personal information
Nickname	The Flying Bull
Born	(1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 Ireland
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	117 kg (18 st 6 lb)
Club information
Playing position	Tighthead Prop
Current club	Canterbury / Crusaders
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Pts)^†
2016–	Canterbury	8	(0)
2017−	Crusaders		()
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 4 November 2016. † Appearances (Points).

Oliver Jager (born 5 July 1995) is an Irish rugby union player who currently plays as an prop for Canterbury in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and for the Crusaders in the international Super Rugby competition.^[1]^[2]

Early Career

Originally from Ireland, Jager travelled to New Zealand in 2013 to attend the Crusaders International High Performance Unit and subsequently turned out for the Crusaders Academy and the Crusaders Knights development team. During this time he also started playing club rugby in the Canterbury area with New Brighton RFC ^[2]

Senior Career

Jager's dedication in coming to New Zealand in order to further his rugby career paid off in 2016, when great form at club level saw him named in the Canterbury squad for the Mitre 10 Cup. With the Cantabrians already possessing Super Rugby props in the shape of Alex Hodgman, Siate Tokolahi and Daniel Lienert-Brown, Jager's appearances in his first season were largely limited to cameos from the replacements bench. He started once and came on as a replacement seven times as his side lifted the Premiership trophy for the 8th time in 9 seasons.^[3]

Super Rugby

His debut season at provincial level saw him coached by Canterbury legend Scott Robertson and like his coach, Jager found himself promoted to Super Rugby level in 2017, earning a contract with the Crusaders.^[1]

References

1 2 "Crusaders 2017 Squad Guide" (PDF). All Blacks.com. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
1 2 "Oliver Jager Canterbury Player Profile". Canterbury Rugby. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
↑ "Oliver Jager itsrugby Player Statistics". it's rugby. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

Crusaders squad

Forwards	Michael Alaalatoa Scott Barrett Heiden Bedwell-Curtis Jed Brown Wyatt Crockett Mitchell Dunshea Owen Franks Ben Funnell Oliver Jager Andrew Makalio Joe Moody Tim Perry Kieran Read Luke Romano Peter Samu Quinten Strange Jordan Taufua Codie Taylor Matt Todd Sam Whitelock

Backs	Tim Bateman George Bridge Ryan Crotty Israel Dagg Mitchell Drummond Sione Fifita Leon Fukofuka Jack Goodhue Bryn Hall David Havili Mitchell Hunt Digby Ioane Jone Macilai-Tori Manasa Mataele Marty McKenzie Richie Mo'unga Seta Tamanivalu Sean Wainui

Coach	Scott Robertson

Canterbury – current squad

Forwards	Lee Roy Atalifo Scott Barrett Dominic Bird Jed Brown Wyatt Crockett Tom Crozier Hamish Dalzell Mitchell Dunshea Owen Franks Ben Funnell Chris Gawler Billy Harmon Alex Hodgman Oliver Jager Daniel Lienert-Brown David McDuling Joe Moody Dylan Nel Reed Prinsep Kieran Read Luke Romano Tom Sanders Codie Taylor Matt Todd Siate Tokolahi Nathan Vella Luke Whitelock Sam Whitelock

Backs	Jordie Barrett George Bridge Ryan Crotty Mitchell Drummond Nathan Earle Ere Enari Inga Finau Jack Goodhue Milford Keresoma Alby Mathewson Johnny McNicholl Richie Mo'unga Jack Stratton Marshall Suckling Rob Thompson Ben Volavola Poasa Waqanibau

Head coach	Scott Robertson

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/25/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.