Samuel Lawrence Whitelock was born on 12 October 1988 and is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a lock for the Crusaders in Super Rugby in New Zealand.
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31 Facts About Sam Whitelock
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Sam Whitelock has played over 100 tests for the All Blacks since his debut in 2010 and is the youngest New Zealander in history to reach 100 tests.
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Sam Whitelock is the fastest player ever to reach 100 international appearances, achieving the feat eight years and two months after his test debut.
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Sam Whitelock was the winner of New Zealand Rugby Player of the Year in 2017 and has formed a renowned locking combination with Brodie Retallick.
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Sam Whitelock was a key member of 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup-winning teams, becoming one of only 20 players who have won the Rugby World Cup on multiple occasions.
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Sam Whitelock was part of the World championship winning team, the Baby All Blacks at the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship.
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Sam Whitelock made his Air New Zealand Cup debut for Canterbury in 2008 against Wellington.
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Sam Whitelock made his debut replacing Brad Thorn off the bench, against Ireland, and scored 2 tries.
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Sam Whitelock played ten tests in 2010 and has never missed a team naming for the team since his debut, earning two starts on the end of year tour.
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Sam Whitelock started in all three tests in the 2014 England rugby union tour of New Zealand with the All Blacks winning all three matches against England.
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Sam Whitelock had another solid year in the black jersey, playing in a further eight tests that year.
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Sam Whitelock carried this form into the 2015 Super Rugby season after the off-season, making rugby headlines after scoring a 60m solo try in a Super Rugby fixture against the Reds.
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Sam Whitelock was selected for his second Rugby World Cup that year.
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Sam Whitelock played in every single All Blacks test in the 2015 Rugby World Cup, including the full 80 minutes of the three knockout rounds.
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Sam Whitelock was nominated for the best New Zealand Player of the Year at the 2016 NZ Rugby Awards alongside teammates Dane Coles and Beauden Barrett being the other nominees.
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Sam Whitelock has become an established member of the Crusaders and New Zealand leadership groups in recent years, with new Crusaders coach Scott Robertson naming Sam Whitelock as the captain of the franchise for 2017.
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Sam Whitelock had an outstanding Super Rugby campaign in 2017 with the exception of a two-week suspension for striking Cheetahs prop Charles Marais.
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Sam Whitelock started in all four of those matches but had his performance in the Lions series overshadowed by Brodie Retallick and the Lions' youngest player, English lock Maro Itoje who had started for the Lions twice in the test series.
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Sam Whitelock returned from the Lions series to captain the Crusaders to their first Super Rugby title win since 2008.
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Sam Whitelock performed well in his first test as captain but he was unfortunately awarded the fourth yellow card of his test career in the 67th minute of the Welsh test for a professional foul.
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Sam Whitelock was outstanding as Captain for the Crusaders in the 2018 Super Rugby season.
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Sam Whitelock was one of the best performing players on the field and played his 47th test in combination with Brodie Retallick, who was Man of the Match.
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Sam Whitelock did not play in the final test for the year, against Italy, and went home early in order to rest after a long year, involving over 1900 minutes of rugby played.
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On Tuesday, 20 April 2019, Sam Whitelock extended his contract with New Zealand Rugby and the Crusaders, signing on to 2023.
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Sam Whitelock had previously been contracted until 2020 and will miss the 2020 Super Rugby season, to take a sabbatical playing for the Ota City-based Panasonic Wild Knights, in the Japanese Top League.
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Sam Whitelock is married to Hannah Lawton, with whom he has three children.
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Sam Whitelock is a member of the Whitelock family rugby dynasty:.
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