Michael Clamp (born 26 December 1961) is a former 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 its m ...

player. A

wing A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils. A wing's aerodynamic efficiency is expres ...

, Clamp represented

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...

at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the

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, in 1984 and 1985. He played 15 matches for the All Blacks including two official internationals. Of

Ngāti Toa Rangatira Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, an ...

affiliation, Clamp played for New Zealand Māori between 1982 and 1988.

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1961 births Living people Rugby union players from Lower Hutt Ngāti Toa people People educated at Hutt Valley High School New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Wellington rugby union players Rugby union wings Māori All Blacks players Male rugby sevens players Biarritz Olympique players New Zealand expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in France New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in France {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1960s-stub