Brendon Timmins
| Full name | Brendon Paul Timmins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 22 August 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brendon Paul Timmins (born 22 August 1970) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player.[1]
A lock, Timmins was a New Zealand Universities representative player during the early 1990s and captained the side to victory against Fiji in 1994.[2] He competed for the Highlanders between 1996 and 2002, making 42 Super 12 appearances, including the 1999 final loss to the Crusaders.[3] At provincial level, Timmins played 74 games for Otago and captained Southland for two seasons, before coaching professional rugby in Japan.[4]
Timmins is the father of basketball player Sam Timmins.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Brendon Paul Timmins". New Zealand Rugby History.
- ^ "Rugby: Strong NZ Universities team named to tour Japan". NZ Herald.
- ^ Seconi, Adrian (30 July 2015). "Rugby: Trio hoping side can go one better". Otago Daily Times.
- ^ Hodge, Kayla (3 February 2024). "Timmins reminded of his rugby days". Otago Daily Times.
- ^ "Proud father says Sam Timmins has exceeded expectations to earn court time in Div 1". NZ Herald. 8 December 2016.