Quentin MacDonald

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Quentin MacDonald
Full nameQuentin Joseph Reuben William Jordan MacDonald
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Blenheim, New Zealand
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SchoolMarlborough Boys' College
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Rugby union career
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PositionTemplate:Pluralize from text Hooker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007–2015, 2020–2024 Template:Rut 126 (115)
2010–2012, 2023–2024 Template:Rut 27 (15)
2013, 2016 Template:Rut 20 (0)
2014 Template:Rut 3 (0)
2015 Template:Rut 13 (0)
2016–2020 Template:Rut 100 (130)
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International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007 New Zealand U19 5 (5)
2008 New Zealand U20 5 (10)
2012, 2015 Māori All Blacks 5 (0)
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Quentin Joseph Reuben William Jordan MacDonald (born 25 September 1988) is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played for Template:Rut in the Bunnings NPC.[1] His position was hooker. He also played Super Rugby for the Template:Rut, Template:Rut and the Template:Rut.

Early life

Born in Blenheim, MacDonald was educated at Marlborough Boys' College and played for the school's top side in 2005 and 2006.

Tasman

MacDonald played 78 games for Template:Rut between 2007 and 2015 before going to play overseas. He returned to the Mako ahead of the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup. MacDonald played 11 games and scored 3 tries for the side in the 2020 season as they went on to win the competition for the second time in a row. MacDonald became only the third player to play 100 games for the province during the 2021 Bunnings NPC in the final against Template:Rut, the Mako however could not get across the line, losing 23–20.

Super Rugby

MacDonald played 24 games for the Template:Rut between 2010 and 2012. He made the move north to the Template:Rut ahead of the 2013 Super Rugby season. He had one season with the Template:Rut in 2015, playing 13 games. MacDonald returned to the Blues for the 2016 Super Rugby season finishing his time at the side with 20 matches.[2] He returned to the Template:Rut as an injury replacement during the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman season in 2021 but did not play.[3] He made his Super Rugby return for the Crusaders in Round 3 of the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season against the Template:Rut where he started and scored 2 tries in a loss for the Crusaders.

Overseas

MacDonald signed with Irish side Template:Rut on a three month contract in 2014 where he played 3 games. In 2016 he moved to France where he played for Template:Rut. He spent five seasons with the side playing a total of 100 games.

International

MacDonald played for the New Zealand national under-20 rugby union team in 2008, playing 5 games. He made the Māori All Blacks in 2012 and played 3 games but didn't make the team again until 2015 where he played another 2 games.

Personal life

MacDonald is a New Zealander of Māori descent (Rangitāne descent).[4]

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Quentin MacDonald". mako.nz. Retrieved 3 July 2021.[dead link]
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Quentin MacDonald". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Super Rugby: Crusaders captain Scott Barrett among reinforcements for Waratahs". Stuff. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."5 players from Ngāti Porou named in "Maori All Blacks"". Ngāti Porou East Coast. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2024.