Hosea Gear rugby player
Hosea Gear rugby player

Hosea Gear

16th Mar 1984 1.88m/100kg Left Wing

Hosea currently holds the record for most tries in a provincial season with 14 in the 2008 Air New Zealand Cup. He has played for the New Zealand Maori on several occasions. After his outstanding performance for Wellington in the 2008 Air New Zealand Cup, he was chosen for the All Blacks to tour Hong Kong and Europe on 26 October 2008 and made his debut against Australia in the Bledisloe Cup on 1 November. In 2010 Gear made his Rugby Sevens debut in the 2010 Commonwealth Games for New Zealand and was chosen for the All Blacks end of year tour. After an injury to Cory Jane, Gear was given a starting spot against England, a game in which he scored the first try. The following week vs Scotland Gear once again scored the first try and then went on later to score another in the All Blacks 49–3 win. After a string of injuries to the All Black's Rugby World Cup 2011 squad, Gear was called up prior to the semi final match against the Wallabies. However, he was not named in the twenty-two man team to play the match. He received a World Cup winner's medal after the final which New Zealand won 8–7, but he was not in the match-day 22.

Career

hurricanes Hurricanes
Left Wing
2004 - 2011
New Zealand New Zealand
Left Wing
2008 - 2011
highlanders Highlanders
Left Wing
2011 - 2014
image World XV
Left Wing
2014 - 2014
Barbarians_Logo Barbarians
Left Wing
2014 - 2014
250px-Logo_Stade_cerne_noir Toulouse
Left Wing
2013 - 2014
chiefs Chiefs
Left Wing
2015 - 2015
504247-243324-14 Wellington
Left Wing
image (3) Clermont Auvergne
Left Wing
logo_lou_2009 Lyon
Left Wing
2017 - 2017
033666-rugby-narbonne Narbonne
Left Wing
2017 - 2021