Scott Curry (born 17 May 1988) is a New Zealand professional
rugby union
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player who plays as a
forward
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for the
New Zealand national sevens team.
International career
He made his debut at the
2010 Dubai Sevens
The Dubai Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2010 competition was held on December 3 and 4 at The Sevens. It was the first of eight events in ...
. He made his debut appearance at the Olympics representing
New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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.
Curry was ruled out of the
All Blacks Sevens squad to the
2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens
The 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the sixth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The tournament was held at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia.
New Zealand won the tournament, defeating England 33–0 in the final. Attendance for the tourname ...
in Russia due to an injury he sustained during training. He was included in the squad for the
2014 Commonwealth Games
The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...
in Glasgow. However, New Zealand lost to
South Africa
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12–17 in the final.
Curry captained the
All Blacks Sevens side at the
2015 USA Sevens
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after
DJ Forbes
Derek Jamie "DJ" Forbes (born 15 December 1982) is a New Zealand former rugby union player and captain of the All Blacks Sevens team. Forbes is part Samoan, and also played rugby fifteens as a loose forward for Counties Manukau.
Forbes was b ...
was injured in
Wellington
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. He captained the rugby sevens side at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
. He won gold medal with the New Zealand team in the
men's rugby sevens tournament during the
2018 Commonwealth Games
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that was held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...
. He captained the New Zealand side which triumphed at the
2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
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tournament by defeating England 33–12 in the final.
He was named as the captain of the New Zealand squad to compete at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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in the
men's rugby sevens tournament. He was also subsequently part of the New Zealand side which claimed silver medal after losing to Fiji 27–12 at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was also New Zealand's first ever Olympic medal in the men's rugby sevens. Prior to the start of the delayed 2020 Olympics, he announced that he would consider on retiring from the sport after the Olympics.
He is also a trained science teacher.
Curry was part of the
All Blacks Sevens squad that won a bronze medal at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England betw ...
in
Birmingham
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. He was selected for the
All Blacks Sevens squad for the
2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens
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in
Cape Town
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. He won a silver medal after his side lost to
Fiji
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in the gold medal final.
In 2024, He competed for
New Zealand
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at the
Paris Olympics.
References
External links
Scott Curryat
AllBlacks.com
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1988 births
Living people
New Zealand international rugby sevens players
Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic rugby sevens players for New Zealand
Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for New Zealand
Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
New Zealand male rugby sevens players
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Rugby union players from Rotorua
New Zealand rugby union players
Rugby union flankers
Rugby union number eights
Rugby union centres
Manawatu rugby union players
Bay of Plenty rugby union players
Munakata Sanix Blues players
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Japan
Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
Commonwealth Games gold medallists in rugby sevens
Commonwealth Games silver medallists in rugby sevens