Hosea Gear

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Hosea Gear
Personal information
Date of birth	March 16, 1984 (1984-03-16) (age 25)
Place of birth	Gisborne, New Zealand
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
School	Gisborne Boys' High school
College	Vic Uni
Notable relative(s)	Rico Gear (brother)
Occupation(s)	Professional rugby player.
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Wing
New Zealand No.	1079
Clubs
	Massey
Provincial/State sides		Caps	(points)
2002–	Wellington	46	(60)
Super Rugby
2004–	Hurricanes	32	(40)

Hosea Gear (born March 16, 1984 in Gisborne, New Zealand) is the younger brother of All Black wing Rico Gear. He plays For The Hurricanes in the Super 14 competition on the Wings.

Hosea is 1.89m (6'2.5) tall and weighs 102kg. He attended Gisborne Boys' High School and he plays for the Hutt Old Boys-Marist rugby club. He has played 25 Super 12/14 matches and has scored 7 tries. He plays for the New Zealand Maori, and is thought to be a future All Black wing. He also used to play for Massey Rugby Club in 2004. His speed and strength are his main talents, because he often breaks the first line in the defence. He currently holds the record for most tries in a provincial season with 14 in the 2008 Air New Zealand Cup. After his outstanding performance for Wellington in the 2008 Air New Zealand Cup, he was chosen for the All Blacks to tour Hong Kong and Europe on the 26th of October, 2008 and is set to make his debut against Australia in the Bledisloe Cup on November 1st.

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• Hurricanes profile
• All Blacks profile

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