Hawera-born, Cullen Grace is a versatile lock/blindside option.A former UC Championship player for Timaru Boys’ High School. He played New Zealand Schools’ in 2017, was Canterbury Under 19 Captain in 2018 and was also involved in New Zealand Under 20s.
He’s an aggressive defender, and caught the eye during the Canterbury preseason campaign and was named in their 2019 Mitre 10 Cup Squad .
He was awarded the Canterbury Rugby A First Year Player at the Canterbury Rugby Awards
Ahead of the 2020 Super Rugby season, Grace is the youngest player to be named in any of the New Zealand Investec Super Rugby squads for 2020
Career
Canterbury Blindside Flanker |
2019 - present | |
Crusaders Blindside Flanker |
2019 - present | |
Maori All Blacks No. 8 |
2022 - present | |
New Zealand U20's No 4 Lock |
2019 - 2019 | |
New Zealand Blindside Flanker |
2020 - 2020 |