Jackson Kyle Garden-Bachop (born 3 October 1994) is a New Zealand

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player of

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descent who currently plays as a

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for the in the international

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competition.

Early career

Born in Dunedin, Garden-Bachop is of

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, Samoan,

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and Cook islander ancestry and was raised in

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, Garden-Bachop played rugby at Scots College in the city. He is the son of former

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Stephen Bachop and former Black Fern Sue Garden-Bachop.

Senior career

Garden-Bachop debuted for the Wellington Lions as a teenager during the

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making a solitary appearance. Over the course of the next 3 seasons, he gradually became a more frequent starter and by the 2016 season he could call himself Wellington's starting number 10.

Super Rugby

Unable to land a contract with one of New Zealand's five Super Rugby franchises, Garden-Bachop decided to hop across the

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to join Australian side, the Melbourne Rebels. He signed a 2-year contract prior to the

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. Garden-Bachop has signed a two-year contract with the Wellington Hurricanes to begin in 2018.

International

Garden Bachop represented New Zealand at schoolboy level in 2012 and under-20 level in 2014. In 2017 Garden-Bachop was named in the Māori All Blacks squad for their tour of

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and

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he played in all games.

Super Rugby Statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garden-Bachop, Jackson 1994 births Living people New Zealand rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union fullbacks Wellington rugby union players People educated at Scots College, Wellington Rugby union players from Wellington City New Zealand expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Australia New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Australia New Zealand sportspeople of Cook Island descent New Zealand people of French Polynesian descent New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent Bachop-Mauger family Māori All Blacks players Hurricanes (rugby union) players Melbourne Rebels players Hanazono Kintetsu Liners players