Brendon O'Connor rugby player
Brendon O'Connor rugby player

Brendon O'Connor

11th Sep 1989 1.86m/100kg Openside Flanker

O'Connor won the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship with New Zealand Under 20. In 2012 O'Connor was a member of the Crusaders Wider Training Group and made two competition appearances that season.

He led Hawkes Bay to victory in the 2015 ITM Cup Championship Division and was a regular in Super Rugby with the Blues in Auckland before joining Tigers.

O'Connor arrived at Welford Road in the autumn of 2015, scoring a try on his debut in a European Champions Cup win over Stade Francais, and after 29 appearances for the club, he re-signed in February 2017.

He returned to New Zealand in 2019 returning to Hawke's Bay.

He joined the Sunwolves ahead of the 2020 Super Rugby season.

(LS June 2020)



Career

auckland-blues Blues
Blindside Flanker
2013 - 2015
leicester Leicester Tigers
Openside Flanker
2015 - 2019
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Openside Flanker
2020 - 2020
Untitled design (11) Crusaders
Openside Flanker
2021 - 2021
Untitled (2) Hawke's Bay
Openside Flanker
2013 - 2022
Rugby United New York logo Rugby New York
Openside Flanker
2022 - 2023