Ethan J. Blackadder (born 22 March 1995) is a New Zealand

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player who plays for in the

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and the in the

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competition. His position is

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. He is the son of former

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player

Todd Blackadder Todd Blackadder (born 20 September 1971) is a retired New Zealand rugby union player and professional rugby coach. He played 12 tests (25 games) for the All Blacks, and had 14 appearances as captain. Blackadder captained the Crusaders to three S ...

Early career

Blackadder played his club rugby for the Nelson Rugby Club. He was educated at

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from 2008 to 2012.

Tasman

Blackadder made his debut for in Round 4 of the

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against in

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. He was part of the Tasman team that won the

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for the first time in

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. Blackadder missed the

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with injury as the Mako went on to win their second premiership title in a row.

Crusaders

Blackadder was named in the squad for the

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. He made his debut against the in Round 10 and was later named Crusaders rookie of the year. Blackadder played every minute of the 24–13 win over the in the 2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa final as the side won their fifth title in a row. After an outstanding season Blackadder was voted Champion Crusader of the Year by his teammates at the 2021 Crusaders awards. Blackadder suffered a season ending injury late in the

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as the Crusaders went on to a 7–21 win over the in the final.

All Blacks

After an outstanding

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Blackadder was named in the

squad to play

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and

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in the July Steinlager Series. He made his debut against

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, coming off the bench in a 102–0 win for the All Blacks – becoming All Black number

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. He was named in the travelling squad for the

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and the end of year tour of Europe. Blackadder was not selected in the All Blacks World Cup squad for the 2023 competition, however was called in as injury cover.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blackadder, Ethan 1995 births Living people Crusaders (rugby union) players New Zealand international rugby union players New Zealand rugby union players People educated at Nelson College Rugby union flankers Rugby union number eights Rugby union players from Rangiora Tasman rugby union players 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen