Birth name | Michael Wayne Speight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 February 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 103 kg (227 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Whangarei Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Waikato | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Charles Speight (great-grandfather) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Wayne Speight (born 24 February 1962) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A lock, Speight represented Waikato, North Auckland and North Harbour at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1986. He played five matches for the All Blacks, including one international against Australia.[1]
References
- ^ Knight, Lindsay. "Michael Speight". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
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- 1962 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Auckland
- University of Waikato alumni
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Waikato rugby union players
- Northland rugby union players
- North Harbour rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- People educated at Whangarei Boys' High School
- 20th-century New Zealand sportspeople
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1960s birth stubs