Todd Feather

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Todd Feather
Full nameTodd Robert Feather
Date of birth (1977-09-19) 19 September 1977 (age 46)
Place of birthReporoa, New Zealand
Notable relative(s)Campbell Feather (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2005 Taranaki 7 (24)
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2004 Reds 3 (10)

Todd Robert Feather (born 19 September 1977) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player.[1]

Feather grew up in Reporoa, a small community between Rotorua and Taupo. He is the younger brother of Hurricanes forward Campbell Feather and was educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School.[2]

After training as an engineer, Feather picked up work in Perth and made the Western Australia state side for a match against the 2001 British Lions. His four years in the city culminated in a starring role at fly-half for Perth Gold in their 2003 Australian Rugby Shield premiership win, which helped secure him a contract with the Queensland Reds.[3]

Feather played three of the first round rounds of the 2004 Super 12 season with the Reds before a broken foot ended his campaign. He competed for French club Bayonne in the 2004–05 Top 16 season. In 2005, Feather returned home and made a belated debut in New Zealand top-level rugby with Taranaki at 27-years of age.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Blue night for champions as Reds deliver". The Age. 14 March 2004.
  2. ^ "Bay and Naki under pressure". NZ Herald. 27 August 2005.
  3. ^ a b "Feather's up for Bay return". Bay of Plenty Times. NZ Herald.