Jeffrey Robert Thwaites (born 22 November 1992) 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 who currently plays for the Highlanders since 2020 in the
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 ...
competition and for Bay of Plenty in the mitre10 cup competition. Jeff is married to Black fern and Chiefs Manawa player
Kelsie Thwaites née Wills.
His position of choice is
tighthead prop
In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15). In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16†...
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References
New Zealand rugby union players
1992 births
Living people
Rugby union props
Bay of Plenty rugby union players
Chiefs (Super Rugby) players
Highlanders (rugby union) players
Kobelco Kobe Steelers players
New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Japan
Rugby union players from Tauranga
21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
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