Rugby player
Full name | Stephen Crawford Miln | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1966-02-26) 26 February 1966 (age 58) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Te Kūiti, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Crawford Miln (born 26 February 1966) is a New Zealand-born former Japan rugby union international.
Biography
A Te Kūiti-born fullback, Miln was a New Zealand Māori representative player and competed for Bay of Plenty from 1988 to 1990, then spent over a decade playing in Japan.
Miln represented the Japanese side at the 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens and the following year made five capped appearances for the Japan XV, playing as a fullback and flyhalf.
Returning to New Zealand, Miln is a former Bay of Plenty assistant coach.
Miln has a son Coby that played professional rugby in Japan.
See also
References
- "Shaw Builders house takes top award". NZ Herald. 17 June 2007.
- "Aliens invade - now bring on the sevens". South China Morning Post. 26 March 1993.
- "Foreigners feeling the pressure". South China Morning Post. 22 May 1998.
- "Rugby: Tight draw forces Miln to quit". NZ Herald.
- "父が輝いた国で。コビー・ミルン[宗像サニックスブルース]は、こんな人。 - ラグビーリパブリック" (in Japanese). Rugby Republic. 28 April 2022.
External links
- Steve Miln at ESPNscrum
Japan squad – 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens | |
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Coach: Nawalu |
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Japanese rugby union players
- Japan international rugby union players
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Waikato
- Sportspeople from Te Kūiti
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Japan international rugby sevens players
- Bay of Plenty rugby union players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Māori All Blacks players