36 Facts About Israel Dagg

1.

Israel Jamahl Akuhata Dagg was born on 6 June 1988 and is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played for the Crusaders in Super Rugby.

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2.

Israel Dagg has played for the New Zealand Sevens team, and represents Hawkes Bay in the ITM Cup.

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3.

Israel Dagg scored 26 tries during his international career and is one of the most-capped outside backs in All Black history.

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4.

Israel Dagg announced his retirement from rugby on 4 April 2019 in an Instagram post citing continued issues with an injury to his right knee.

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5.

Israel Dagg has continued to be an integral member of the Crusaders' coaching and advisory staff.

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6.

Israel Dagg was born in Marton, New Zealand and attended Lindisfarne College in Hastings, Hawke's Bay.

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7.

Israel Dagg is of Maori and Samoan descent through his grandmother.

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8.

Israel Dagg attended the Advanced Course at the International Rugby Academy in April 2006.

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9.

Israel Dagg made his All Blacks debut against Ireland in New Plymouth on 12 June 2010.

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10.

Israel Dagg was again capped against Wales the following week but was injured at half time.

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11.

Israel Dagg was awarded a bench spot from which he emerged to score his first international try for the All Blacks.

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12.

Israel Dagg swerved between Schalk Burger and Pierre Spies before dancing his way to the try line.

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13.

Israel Dagg scored the tournament's first try in the first half of the opening game against Tonga before adding another try before half time in the same game.

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14.

Israel Dagg's next try came in the 22nd minute of the All Blacks pool match against France.

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15.

Israel Dagg's inclusion saw Mils Muliaina displaced from the All Blacks starting XV, with Muliaina only two caps away from his 100th test.

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16.

Israel Dagg played in the final against France, which the All blacks won.

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17.

Israel Dagg was named in the 30-man test squad to play Ireland in New Zealand.

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18.

Israel Dagg kicked a conversion while Aaron Cruden was injured.

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19.

Israel Dagg started in all of the 2012 Rugby Championship matches for the All Blacks.

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20.

Israel Dagg scored in the first match of the Rugby Championship against the Wallabies.

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21.

Israel Dagg scored in the second match of the rugby championship against the Wallabies off a pass from Sonny Bill Williams.

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22.

Israel Dagg scored his third try of the championship against South Africa from offloads by Sam Whitelock then Kieran Read.

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23.

Israel Dagg played in every single match of 2013 except for the match against Japan in Tokyo.

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24.

Israel Dagg was on a try drought but was in some of his best form in setting up tries for his teammates as the All Blacks won every game that year to complete the first undefeated season.

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25.

Israel Dagg had injury trouble in the first test against England, ruling him out of the rest of the series.

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26.

Israel Dagg was the given another shot against Argentina in his home province and played well enough to shift Smith back to right wing for the rest of the rugby championship.

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27.

Israel Dagg had a major injury-plagued year in 2015, only managing 5 games for the Crusaders and 3 tests for the All Blacks causing Israel Dagg to narrowly miss out on being picked for New Zealand's 2015 Rugby World Cup squad.

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28.

Israel Dagg subsequently returned to Hawke's Bay to play for the Magpies and scored a hat-trick against Otago, but was injured playing his 50th game.

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29.

Israel Dagg made a recovery from his shoulder injury, returning to the Crusaders for the 2016 Super Rugby season.

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30.

Israel Dagg played at fullback for two games, scoring tries in each.

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31.

Israel Dagg scored 2 tries against Australia in Wellington on his debut as the right wing, allowing New Zealand to win the Bledisloe Cup.

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32.

Israel Dagg cemented his place as the All Blacks' first choice right wing, completing his comeback by finishing the competition as the joint highest try scorer with Ben Smith.

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33.

Israel Dagg finished 2016 as the highest try-scorer of the year for the All Blacks, beating the team's new first-choice fly-half and World Rugby Player of The Year- Beauden Barrett and Ben Smith by one try.

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34.

Israel Dagg scored 10 in total from the 12 games he played in 2016.

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35.

Israel Dagg started the third test on the wing again as he surpassed Jonah Lomu and Sir John Kirwan as the second-to-most capped All Blacks winger, second only to former teammate Joe Rokocoko.

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36.

Israel Dagg missed the first two tests against Australia through injury but returned to play against Argentina and scored a try before being replaced as he had sustained a season-ending injury.

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