Roger Quentin Randle (born 15 May 1974 in

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former

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player. He played as a

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for the All Blacks. He is currently assistant coach for Chiefs and Maori All Blacks.

Career

Randle played for the Wellington Hurricanes (1996–1997), Waikato Chiefs (1998–2003 and 2005–2006) in the

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competition and for

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(France, 2004–2005). He was top try scorer in the 2002 super 12 season with 13 tries and in 2002 NPC season with 12 tries. He represented the

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in 1995 and he also represented the

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in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003. He won two Commonwealth gold medals with New Zealand 7's in 1998 Kuala Lumpur and 2002 in Manchester. He made his debut for the

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in November 2001 against Ireland A.

Statistics

Randle is the second highest tryscorer in Chiefs history with (38), * most tries in a Ranfurly Shield season 14, * most tries in a Waikato season 16, * second most tries in a Hawkes Bay season 17. * Hawkes Bay (1994–1997) * Wellington Hurricanes (1996–1997) * Waikato (1998–2004,2006) * Waikato Chiefs( 1998–2004) * New Zealand U21 (1995) * New Zealand 7's (1995–2002) * New Zealand Maori (1995–2003) * New Zealand All Blacks (2001–2002)

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