Keith Robinson (rugby union)
Full name | Keith John Robinson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 December 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Te Aroha, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (254 lb; 18 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Te Aroha College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Keith John Robinson (born 14 December 1976 in Te Aroha, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer. His usual position is at lock. He was first selected for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks in 2002. His career was plagued by injury, and he was selected into the 2006 All Blacks after making a remarkable comeback from a serious back injury. He last played against the Pacific Islanders in 2004 before making a comeback in the 2006 Autumn internationals. He made his Test debut on the All Blacks end-of-year tour in 2002 but, after three Tests, had to wait another 18 months to be recalled by Graham Henry for the Tri-Nations Tests in 2004. Robinson made a surprise return to Waikato's Air New Zealand Cup side in September 2006. In October 2007 he announced he was retiring from all rugby at the age of only 30. He cited his recurring left knee injury as the reason for his retirement.
Conviction
[edit]Robinson pleaded guilty to a charge of injuring with intent to injure after punching a man while on a pub crawl in 2012. He was sentenced to 300 hours of community service and ordered to pay $1,000 to his victim.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ex-All Black Keith Robinson sentenced". Stuff. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
External links
[edit]- Keith Robinson at the All Blacks (archived)
- "Robinson retires from all rugby". nzherald.co.nz. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
- "Keith Robinson". chiefs.co.nz. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Chiefs (Super Rugby) players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- Rugby union players from Te Aroha
- Taranaki rugby union players
- Waikato rugby union players
- 2007 Rugby World Cup players
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1970s birth stubs