Jonathan Ruru
| Date of birth | 2 February 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Napier, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb; 14 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Napier Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Michael Ruru (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jonathan Ruru (born 2 February 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for Oyonnax in the French Top 14.[1] His position of choice is scrum-half. He is the younger brother of Vannes player Michael Ruru. Ruru has represented the New Zealand Maori All Blacks and The New Zealand All Black Sevens Teams.
A Hawkes Bay product, Ruru played just 1 game for his home provence, before finding an opportunity in an injury-hit Otago team in 2016 where he became a regular halfback in the Mitre 10 Cup.
He also earned a trial for the New Zealand Sevens, making the squad for two tournaments in 2016. He continued as a regular in 2017 impressing to earn a contract with the Blues, following his older brother who played for the Western Force and Melbourne Rebels.
Ruru's form in the Mitre 10 Cup (NPC) and Super rugby earned him selection for the New Zealand Maori All Blacks team in 2017,18 and 19 and he was also part of the 2018 premiership winning Auckland Mitre10 Cup(NPC) team and the 2021 Super Rugby TT championship BLUES team.
References[edit]
- ^ "Jonathan Ruru". www.theblues.co.nz. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- New Zealand rugby union players
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Māori All Blacks players
- Ngāti Rongomaiwahine people
- Ngāti Kahungunu people
- New Zealand international rugby sevens players
- Hawke's Bay rugby union players
- Otago rugby union players
- Auckland rugby union players
- Blues (Super Rugby) players
- Provence Rugby players
- Oyonnax Rugby players
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- People from Napier, New Zealand
- People educated at Napier Boys' High School
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in France
- Rugby union players from Napier, New Zealand