Timothy Dow (born 9 September 1980) is a New Zealand former professional

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player. A Kaitaia College product, Dow was a hooker with considerable pace and try scoring abilities. Dow played his provincial rugby for Northland, making 81 appearances, and spent the

2006 Super 14 season The 2006 Super 14 season started on 10 February 2006. The Grand Final was held on 27 May 2006. Super 14 is a provincial rugby union competition with 14 teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. This season was the first of the expansion, ...

with the Blues, serving as an understudy to their captain

Keven Mealamu Keven Filipo Mealamu (born 20 March 1979) is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer. He played at hooker for the Blues in Super Rugby, Auckland in the National Provincial Championship, and the New Zealand national team. He was a key membe ...

. He featured in three Super 14 matches for the Blues, all off the bench. Between 2007 and 2009, Dow competed with Italian club

Gran Parma Amatori Parma Rugby is a historical Italian rugby union team founded in 1971. History From Amatori to Gran Ducato Gran Parma Rugby was founded in 1999 following the merger of ''Amatori Parma Rugby'' and ''Rugby Noceto''. From 1999 to 2002 they ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dow, Tim 1980 births Living people New Zealand rugby union players Rugby union hookers Blues (Super Rugby) players Northland rugby union players Gran Ducato Parma Rugby players New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Italy People from Kaitaia Rugby union players from the Northland Region