Daniel Kirkpatrick (born 28 November 1988) is a New Zealand

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

player. He currently plays for the in

Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It has previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Super Rugby started as the S ...

. He has also played for

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in the

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. Prior to his 2012 move to France, he played for the

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and for

Hawkes Bay Hawke's Bay () is a region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region is named for Hawke Bay, which was named in honour of Edward Hawke. The region's main centres are the cities of Napier and Hastings, while the more rural ...

in the

ITM Cup ITM may stand for: Education * ITM Law School, one of the professional graduate schools of ITM University * ITM-IFM, Mumbai, India * Institut Teknologi Mara, a public university in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia * Institute for Information, Tel ...

. He made his Hurricanes debut in 2009. In 2010 he played for the

Auckland Blues The Blues (; known as the Auckland Blues from 1996 to 1999) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Auckland, who play in the Super Rugby competition. Like New Zealand's four other Super Rugby teams, the Blues were established b ...

, before returning to Wellington in 2011. He was a part of the team that won the 2007 IRB U19 World Championship in Belfast, and the New Zealand U20 team that contested the IRB U20 World Cup in Wales. In 2012 it was announced that he had signed with French club Castres. He signed with SC Albi in 2016.

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Castres Castres (; ''Castras'' in the Languedocian dialect, Languedocian dialect of Occitan language, Occitan) is the sole Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in the Occitania (adminis ...

Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the National Rugby League (France), France National Rugby League, also ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkpatrick, Daniel 1988 births Living people New Zealand rugby union players Hurricanes (rugby union) players Blues (Super Rugby) players Wellington rugby union players Hawke's Bay rugby union players Auckland rugby union players Castres Olympique players People educated at Napier Boys' High School Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union players from Napier, New Zealand New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in France SC Albi players