Scott Curry (born 17 May 1988) 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. He plays for the

New Zealand national rugby sevens team The New Zealand national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. They have won a record twelve World Rugby Sevens Series titles. The team has been of ...

. He made his debut at the 2010 Dubai Sevens. He made his debut appearance at the Olympics representing

New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics New Zealand competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twenty-third appearance as an independent nation at the Summer Olympics, having made its debut at the 1920 Games and com ...

Career

Curry was ruled out of the

All Blacks Sevens The New Zealand national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. They have won a record twelve World Rugby Sevens Series titles. The team has been of ...

squad to the

2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens The 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the sixth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The tournament was held at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. New Zealand won the tournament, defeating England 33–0 in the final. Attendance for the tourname ...

in Russia due to an injury he sustained during training. He was included in the squad for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. However, New Zealand lost to

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12–17 in the final. Curry captained the

side at the

2015 USA Sevens The 2015 USA Sevens (also sometimes referred to as the 2015 Las Vegas Sevens) is the twelfth edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the fifth tournament of the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. The tournament is scheduled for February 13–15, 201 ...

after DJ Forbes was injured in

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. He captained the rugby sevens side at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won gold medal with the New Zealand team in the men's rugby sevens tournament during the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He captained the New Zealand side which triumphed at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament by defeating England 33–12 in the final. He was named as the captain of the New Zealand squad to compete at the

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in the men's rugby sevens tournament. He was also subsequently part of the New Zealand side which claimed silver medal after losing to Fiji 27–12 at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was also New Zealand's first ever Olympic medal in the rugby sevens. Prior to the start of the delayed 2020 Olympics, he announced that he would consider on retiring from the sport after the Olympics. He is also a trained science teacher. Curry was part of the

squad that won a bronze medal at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

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. He was selected for the

squad for the

2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens The 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the eighth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens organised by World Rugby. The 2022 tournament, comprising 24 men's and 16 women's teams as previously, was played over three days in one venue in September. ...

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. He won a silver medal after his side lost to Fiji in the gold medal final.

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