Scott Waldrom (born 25 July 1980) is a New Zealand former

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player. When Waldroms playing career finished in 2012 due to injury he was playing for the

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and

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in the

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. He played in the

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position.

Biography

Raised in

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, Waldrom attended school at St Patricks College Silverstream where he was Head of Sport, Deputy Head Boy and Captain of the 1st XV, which he was in for 3 years. While at college he was involved in the Wellington U16 secondary school B team and the Wellington secondary school A team. He also made the New Zealand secondary school track and field team for 300m hurdles in 1998. After leaving school he was involved in the first ever Wellington Rugby Academy and was selected for Wellington U19, Wellington U21 and Wellington B team. The older brother of

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international

Thomas Waldrom Thomas Waldrom (born 28 April 1983) is a former rugby union player who played for Exeter Chiefs in the English Premiership and represented England from 2012 to 2014. Born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, he qualified for England through his grandmoth ...

, he played for the New Zealand sevens team and the

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. He became an

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in late 2008, however he never played in a test match, although he did play in the historic rematch against Munster. He played 10 years as a professional starting off with the Wellington lions and represented the Crusaders and Hurricanes before Taranaki and the Chiefs. Waldrom was forced into retirement due to a broken bone in his foot that required ongoing surgery as he continued playing, injury plagued Waldroms playing career and stopped him potentially playing a lot more at a higher level. He has since moved into coaching and won the national championship 7s with Wellington before doing an int-rem year with the New Zealand 7s team on the world Series. Waldrom is currently retired from coaching representative rugby but continues to be involved with his club Avalon as an assistant coach and playing in social vet tournaments throughout the world, he also has a podcast for New Zealand Rugby on their rugby toolbox website.

External links

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