Daniel Lienert-Brown (born 9 February 1993) is a

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player who currently plays as a loosehead prop for in New Zealand's domestic

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and the in the international

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competition.

Early career

Born and raised in Christchurch along with younger brother Anton who would go on to become an

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, Daniel attended

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and played for the school's first XV rugby team. His next step was to become a member of the Crusaders Knights development team in 2014 while at the same time turning out for High School Old Boys in Canterbury's local club rugby competition.

Senior career

His first involvement with Canterbury's senior side came in

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when he played 4 times, twice from the start and twice as a replacement as the men from Christchurch reached the ITM Cup Premiership semi-finals before losing out to local rivals, .

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saw Canterbury back to winning ways, lifting the ITM Cup title after a narrow victory over . Despite facing a fierce battle for game time from fellow looseheads; Joe Moody and

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, Lienert-Brown asserted himself well and started 6 times during the season and also managed to net his first provincial try. With Moody spending the entire

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campaign with the All Blacks, Lienert-Brown saw his opportunities for playing time increase and he played in 10 of Canterbury's 12 games throughout a year which culminated in them winning the Mitre 10 Cup Premiership once more, this time with a comprehensive 43–27 win over Tasman which made it 8 provincial titles in 9 years for the red and blacks.

Super Rugby

Despite only being aged 21 and having no provincial experience, a front-row injury crisis for Christchurch-based Super Rugby franchise, the midway through the 2014 season saw him receive an unexpected call up. He was an unused substitute for the Crusaders home match against the on 28 April, but made his Super Rugby debut the following week as his side defeated the 28–7 in

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. He made 2 substitute appearances in total throughout the year, but was unable to secure a contract with any of New Zealand's 5 Super Rugby franchises for

, however, injuries once more provided him an opportunity and this time it was one he would take. He was called into the

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-based squad early in the 2015 season and ended up playing 12 times in a fairytale season for them finished with them being crowned Super Rugby champions for the first time after a 21–14 victory away to the in the final. A full squad member for

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, he featured in 14 games and scored 2 tries as the men from Dunedin were eliminated by the at the semi-final stage. Tony Brown replaced the bound

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as the Highlanders head coach ahead of the

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and he retained Lienert-Brown in the squad for his first campaign in charge.

International

Lienert-Brown was a member of the New Zealand Under 20 team which finished 4th in the

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. Not originally named in the squad, he was called up as an injury replacement for future Canterbury teammate, Alex Hodgman and went on to make 2 substitute appearances.

Career Honours

Highlanders *

Canterbury *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lienert Brown, Daniel 1993 births Living people New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent Crusaders (rugby union) players Highlanders (rugby union) players Canterbury rugby union players Rugby union props People educated at Christchurch Boys' High School Rugby union players from Christchurch Moana Pasifika players 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen