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Eric Rush

Field	Value
name	Eric Rush
image	Tauranga Gala Dinner 2016 (cropped) - Eric Rush.jpg
caption	Rush in 2016
birth_name	Eric James Rush
birth_date
birth_place	Kaeo, New Zealand
height	1.83 m
weight	86 kg
school	Tangaroa College
university	University of Auckland
occupation
ru_position
repyears1	1992–1996
repteam1
repcaps1	9
reppoints1	25
repyears2	1987–1998
repteam2	New Zealand Māori
repcaps2	30
reppoints2	57
super1	Chiefs
superapps1	18
superpoints1	50
superyears1	1996–1998
ru_sevensnationalteam1	New Zealand
ru_sevensnationalyears1
ru_province1	Auckland
ru_provinceyears1	1986–1989
ru_provinceapps1	13
ru_provincepoints1	24
ru_province2	North Harbour
ru_provinceyears2	1991–2000
ru_provinceapps2	90
ru_provincepoints2	182
medals

Eric James Rush (born 11 February 1965) is a former Māori New Zealand rugby union footballer and rugby sevens player, and now a supermarket owner. His New Zealand Sevens career began in 1988 and ran until 2004. Rush played in more than 60 tournaments, with the highlights being two Commonwealth Games gold medals and the World Cup Sevens victory in 2001. He was also voted Best and Fairest Player at the 1991 Hong Kong Sevens.

He was regarded as a pacy and skillful winger and also played for the All Blacks briefly until the emergence of Jonah Lomu effectively ended his All Blacks career. Lomu played a major role in the 2001 World Cup Sevens win, effectively filling in for Rush, who suffered a broken leg in New Zealand's last group match of that tournament.

Early life

Born in Kaeo on 11 February 1965, Rush was educated at Tangaroa College in the Auckland suburb of Ōtara. He went on to study at the University of Auckland, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1988.

Career

Rush switched full-time to rugby sevens in 1999 to compete in the newly formed IRB international Sevens circuit. Rush helped New Zealand to win the first six editions of the World Sevens Series.

Over the course of 14 years, Rush regularly appeared for the New Zealand Sevens team at the Hong Kong Sevens and other sevens tournaments, mostly as captain. In later years, he was converted into a forward in the sevens version, with the wing position given to his understudy Karl Te Nana.

In 15s rugby, Rush played first for Auckland Rugby Union then moved North to play for North Harbour at NPC level, where he blossomed.

All Blacks statistics

Tests: 9
Other games: 20
Total matches: 29
Test points: 25pts (5t, 0c, 0p, 0dg)
Other game points: 65pts (13t, 0c, 0p, 0dg)
Total points: 90pts (18t, 0c, 0p, 0dg) Ref:

Retirement

On retiring from playing in 2005. Rush became assistant to New Zealand Sevens coach Gordon Tietjens.

In 2010 Rush became owner operator of the Browns Bay franchise of the New World Supermarket chain and in February 2014 took over the New World store in Kaikohe. On 17 September 2017 Rush took over ownership of New World, Regent in Whangarei.

In 2020, he completed season 1 of Match Fit, and revealed he had hip and knee replacements. Despite that, his metabolic age was 40 as a 58-year-old, the oldest member of the playing squad, and was by far the fittest player in the team. However, he had been sidelined with heel spur since week 2.

References

{{All Blacks
(11 June 2010). "Ex-All Blacks adapt to new world". The New Zealand Herald.
(13 February 2014). "Eric Rush takes over store". The Northern Advocate.
"Match Fit Season 1 Ep 1 | DOCUMENTARY/FACTUAL | ThreeNow".

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