Connor Garden-Bachop
| Date of birth | 19 April 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of death | 17 June 2024 (aged 25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Scots College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Stephen Bachop (father) Sue Garden-Bachop (mother) Jackson Garden-Bachop (brother) Graeme Bachop (uncle) Aaron Mauger (cousin) Nathan Mauger (cousin) Ivan Mauger (great uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Connor Christian Garden-Bachop (19 April 1999 – 17 June 2024) was a New Zealand rugby union player who played for the Highlanders in Super Rugby. His regular playing position was wing. He signed for the Highlanders squad in 2020.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit]Connor Garden-Bachop was born on 19 April 1999.[4] He attended Scots College in Wellington before joining Canterbury in the Mitre 10 Cup and subsequently Wellington in 2019. He was signed by the Highlanders in 2020 and made his debut against the Crusaders in 2021. In his first five Super Rugby games he scored three tries.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Garden-Bachop was a New Zealander of European, Samoan, Tahitian, Cook Island and Māori descent (Ngāti Awa descent).[6] He died due to a "medical event" on 17 June 2024, at the age of 25.[7]
Reference list
[edit]- ^ "Highlanders Reveal Refreshed Squad for 2020" (Press release). Highlanders. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Connor Garden-Bachop". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Investec Super Rugby class of 2020 announced". Super Rugby NZ. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Connor Garden-Bachop". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Connor Garden-Bachop". The Highlanders. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Player Profile: Connor Garden-Bachop". All Blacks (Official Site). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand rugby in mourning after Māori All Black Connor Garden-Bachop dies following 'medical event'". ABC News website. Australia. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
External links
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- 1999 births
- 2024 deaths
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent
- New Zealand people of French Polynesian descent
- New Zealand sportspeople of Cook Island descent
- Ngāti Awa people
- Rugby union wings
- Bachop-Mauger family
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Canterbury rugby union players
- Wellington rugby union players
- Highlanders (rugby union) players
- Māori All Blacks players
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1990s birth stubs