Ethan Roots
Date of birth | 10 November 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (243 lb; 17 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Rosmini College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ethan Roots (born 10 November 1997)[1] is a professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Premiership Rugby club Exeter Chiefs.
Early life
Roots was born in Auckland to a Māori mother and an English father from Reading.[2] He attended Rosmini College and after leaving school was a construction worker.[2] He has also competed at Jujutsu.[3]
Career
After playing for local club East Coast Bays, Roots represented North Harbour in the 2019 Mitre 10 Cup.[3] His performances in this competition led to him joining Crusaders although he made only one appearance during the 2020 Super Rugby season against Highlanders.[4][5] In December 2020 Roots represented Māori All Blacks against Moana Pasifika at Waikato Stadium.[6]
In March 2021 Roots moved to Europe signing for Ospreys.[7][8] After two years in Wales, Exeter Chiefs announced that Roots would be joining them from the 2023-24 season.[9][10]
In January 2024, Roots was selected in the England Six Nations squad.[11]
Reference list
- ^ "Ethan Roots". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ a b Thomas, Fiona (12 January 2024). "Ethan Roots interview: I left cage fighting and jiu-jitsu behind to return to rugby". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ a b Southcombe, Matthew (7 September 2021). "Meet Ethan Roots, the Kiwi jiu-jitsu champion who dreamed of fighting in UFC and is looking to make a name in Welsh rugby". Wales Online. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "Crusaders announce new-look 2020 Investec Super Rugby squad" (Press release). Crusaders. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ "Investec Super Rugby class of 2020 announced". Super Rugby NZ. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "All Blacks player profiles". All Blacks. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "Ospreys sign flanker Roots and prop Lay ahead of Challenge Cup". BBC Sport. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "Ethan Roots: Flanker signs permanent Ospreys deal". BBC Sport. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "officialexeterchiefs: 𝙒𝙀𝙇𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙀 𝙀𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙉". Exeter Chiefs.
- ^ "Wales international Joe Hawkins, Ethan Roots and Will Haydon-Wood to join Exeter". BBC Sport. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "RFU". www.englandrugby.com. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
External links
- 1997 births
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand Māori rugby union players
- Māori All Blacks players
- North Harbour rugby union players
- Crusaders (rugby union) players
- Ospreys (rugby union) players
- Exeter Chiefs players
- Rugby union flankers
- People educated at Rosmini College
- New Zealand people of English descent
- New Zealand rugby union biography stubs