Callum Bruce (born 9 June 1983 in Hastings, New Zealand) is a New Zealand

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

player.

Super 14

Bruce formerly played for the Super Rugby team Highlanders. He played for the Super Rugby team Chiefs. Although his normal position is

second five-eighth Second five-eighths, or sometimes second five-eighth, is a name used in New Zealand to refer the rugby union position commonly known elsewhere as the inside centre or number 12. It traditionally described a playmaking type of 12 with good passin ...

, Bruce has also covered

first five-eighth In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15). In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16– ...

for the Highlanders when regular fly-half Nick Evans has been injured. In June 2010 it was announced that Callum would be moving to play in Japan.

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Chiefs profile

Highlanders player profile
1983 births Living people New Zealand rugby union players Māori All Blacks players New Zealand expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Japan New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Japan Otago rugby union players Highlanders (rugby union) players Chiefs (rugby union) players Waikato rugby union players Yokohama Canon Eagles players People educated at Napier Boys' High School Rugby union players from Hastings, New Zealand {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1980s-stub