Andrew Hore
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For the rugby union coach from New Zealand see Andrew Hore (rugby coach)
Andrew Hore (born 13 September 1978 in Dunedin
, New Zealand) is a rugby union
player who plays for Taranaki
in the ITM Cup. He has played for the All Blacks
since 2002, in which time he has played 48 tests. His position is hooker. In June 2011 he was let go from the Hurricanes Super Rugby team after spending ten seasons with the capital side. He will join the Highlanders for the 2012 season.
and in 2012 will join the Highlanders.
2011 Rugby World Cup
squad. In the final pool match of the tornament, he was selected to captain the side against Canada when both Richie McCaw
and Dan Carter were injured and unable to play.
Andrew Hore (rugby coach)
Andrew Hore in New Zealand, is a rugby union coach. He is the current elite performance director at Welsh regional side the Ospreys, leaving an elite development role with the New Zealand Rugby Union in December 2007....
Andrew Hore (born 13 September 1978 in Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand) is a rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player who plays for Taranaki
Taranaki Rugby Union
Taranaki Rugby Football Union is the governing body of Rugby in the New Zealand province of Taranaki. The main stadium is Yarrow Stadium which is in the main centre of New Plymouth. Taranaki plays in the annual ITM Cup in which it also competes for the Ranfurly shield...
in the ITM Cup. He has played for the All Blacks
All Blacks
The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....
since 2002, in which time he has played 48 tests. His position is hooker. In June 2011 he was let go from the Hurricanes Super Rugby team after spending ten seasons with the capital side. He will join the Highlanders for the 2012 season.
Provincial Career
Hore debuted for Otago in 1998, and in 2001 shifted to Taranaki, with whom he has remained til present.Super Rugby
Hore made his Super Rugby debut for the Crusaders in 2001. In 2002 he shifted to the Hurricanes, with whom he made 92 appearances. In 2011 he was controversially released by coach Mark HammettMark Hammett
Mark Garry Hammett is a rugby union coach and former New Zealand rugby union player. Hammett played provincial rugby for Canterbury, as a hooker, between 1992 and 2002. When the Crusaders franchise was formed for the Super 12 in 1996, Hammett was contracted, becoming a founding player...
and in 2012 will join the Highlanders.
International
Most recently he was selected for the All BlacksAll Blacks
The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....
2011 Rugby World Cup
2011 Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005...
squad. In the final pool match of the tornament, he was selected to captain the side against Canada when both Richie McCaw
Richie McCaw
Richard Hugh "Richie" McCaw is a New Zealand rugby union player, and is the current test captain. He plays in the openside flanker position for the New Zealand, Crusaders and Canterbury rugby teams...
and Dan Carter were injured and unable to play.