Nathan Keith Mauger (born 8 April 1978 in
Christchurch
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, New Zealand) is a
rugby union
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player. He spent the entirety of his
Super Rugby
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career with the
Canterbury Crusaders
The Crusaders (formerly Canterbury Crusaders and BNZ Crusaders due to sponsorship by the Bank of New Zealand) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Christchurch, who compete in the Super Rugby competition. They are the mos ...
. He played for the
All Blacks
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in 2002 in which he played 2 games but never played a test. He made his debut against Ireland A and played his latest game against Scotland A. His position is
centre
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. He is the brother of
All Black
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,
Aaron Mauger
Aaron Joseph Douglas Mauger (last name pronounced "Major"; born 29 November 1980) is a New Zealand professional rugby union coach and former player. He played at centre for Leicester Tigers.
Playing career
Born in Christchurch, Mauger played f ...
. Mauger scored an NPC record 12 tries in the 2001 season for Canterbury.
As well as playing for the Crusaders, Mauger also played for Gloucester in England, Treviso in Italy and Ricoh in France. Mauger returned to Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2008 where he has started a Rugby Academ
Nathan briefly coached the Chinese-Taipei sevens team in Taiwan on a 12-week contract from September to December, 2013. He is now an assistant coach with the
Sunwolves
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, a
Japan
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-based side that entered Super Rugby in
2016
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1978 births
Living people
New Zealand rugby union coaches
New Zealand rugby union players
New Zealand sportspeople of Cook Island descent
New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent
New Zealand people of French Polynesian descent
New Zealand international rugby union players
Canterbury rugby union players
Crusaders (rugby union) players
Gloucester Rugby players
Sunwolves coaches
Rugby union centres
People educated at Christchurch Boys' High School
Rugby union players from Christchurch
Expatriate rugby union players in England
New Zealand expatriate rugby union players
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Japan
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in England
Bachop-Mauger family