Nathan Keith Mauger (born 8 April 1978) is a

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player. He spent the entirety of his

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career with the Canterbury Crusaders. He played for the

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in 2002 in which he played 2 games but never played a test. He made his debut against Ireland A and played his latest game against Scotland A. His position is

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. He is the brother of

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Aaron Mauger Aaron Joseph Douglas Mauger (last name pronounced "Major"; born 29 November 1980) is a New Zealand professional rugby union coach and former player. Playing career Born in Christchurch, Mauger played first five-eighth and second five-eighth ...

. Mauger scored an NPC record 12 tries in the 2001 season for Canterbury. As well as playing for the Crusaders, Mauger also played for Gloucester in England, Treviso in Italy and Ricoh in France. Mauger returned to Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2008 where he has started a Rugby Academ

Nathan briefly coached the Chinese-Taipei sevens team in Taiwan on a 12-week contract from September to December 2013. He is now an assistant coach with the

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, a

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-based side that entered Super Rugby in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mauger, Nathan 1978 births Living people New Zealand rugby union coaches New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand sportspeople of Cook Island descent New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent New Zealand people of French Polynesian descent New Zealand international rugby union players Canterbury rugby union players Crusaders (rugby union) players Gloucester Rugby players Sunwolves coaches Rugby union centres People educated at Christchurch Boys' High School Rugby union players from Christchurch New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Japan Bachop–Mauger family New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate rugby union players in Italy New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in France Expatriate rugby union coaches