Jamie Patrick Booth (born 14 September 1994) is a New Zealand retired
rugby union
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player who played as a
halfback,
Wing
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for the
Hurricanes
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in
Super Rugby
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and in the
Mitre 10 Cup
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.
He has also played for the
Highlanders. Booth made his debut on 2 July 2016 against the
Southern Kings
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coming on as a substitute.
Booth had a stint in England playing for
Newcastle Falcons
Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union.
The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...
.
During the
2015 Super Rugby season
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he was called into the squad as an injury replacement for
Bryn Hall, however he didn't make any appearances.
Jamie sustained a bad knee injury playing for Manawatū at the end the 2020 ITM Cup, resulting in him missing the 2021 Super Rugby season,
and later retiring from Rugby as a result.
References
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1994 births
Living people
New Zealand rugby union players
Rugby union scrum-halves
Manawatu rugby union players
People educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School
Rugby union players from Palmerston North
Highlanders (rugby union) players
Newcastle Falcons players
New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England
Sunwolves players
Hurricanes (rugby union) players
North Harbour rugby union players
New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Japan