George Gadai Bower (born May 28, 1992) is a New Zealand

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player. He began his rugby in

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playing for Avalon rugby club, following that he made his first-ever representative team playing for Wellington U20s in 2011. His usual position is prop. He currently plays for Crusaders and Otago.

Rugby career

In 2014, Bower moved to

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to play for the Harbour Hawks RFC and then played one game for Otago's

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team that year as an injury replacement. Nicknamed the "Fijian Bulldozer", "Humble Horse" and "The Fijian Prince" by fans, Bower was once an extra in an advertisement for the All Blacks. Bower did not make an appearance for Otago until 2018 when he was called in as injury cover. He played aseven more games for Otago in 2018. In 2019, he was named in the

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' pre-season and made his debut in round 4. In November 2019, he was named in the 2020 Crusaders' squad. In October 2020, the All Blacks' coach, Ian Foster, named Bower as a wider squad member of the All Blacks team to Australia. In 2021, he was again named in the wider squad for the Steinlager Series against Fiji and

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. He made his international debut for the All Blacks on 3 July 2021 against Tonga at

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* New Zealand rugby union players Living people Rugby union props 1992 births New Zealand people of Fijian descent Otago rugby union players Crusaders (rugby union) players New Zealand international rugby union players Rugby union players from Wellington City {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1990s-stub