Name Nathan Hirayama Height 1.83 m | Weight 90 kg | |
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Nathan hirayama playmaking vs tonga 2013
Nathan Hirayama (born March 23, 1988) is a Canadian rugby union player who plays at fly-half as well as can provide cover at fullback. Hirayama currently plays for the University of Victoria in the British Columbia Premiership and for the BC Bears in the Canadian Rugby Championship.
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- Nathan hirayama playmaking vs tonga 2013
- Nathan hirayama highlights from 2012 2013 season
- Personal
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He made his debut for the Canadian sevens team in the 2006 Dubai Sevens in the IRB Series at 18. Two years later he debuted for the Canadian national men's team against Portugal in Lisbon.
Hirayama was selected for the Canadian national team to attend the 2007, 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cups although he did not play any games in 2007. A substitute in 2011, he entered in the second half in two of the four Canada matches, but didn't score points. The starting fly-half in 2015, Hirayama played in the all four matches, being substituted in only one, and scoring a 20-point record in the tournament.
He was selected for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia helping Canada to win the Plate competition and finishing as the tournament's top scorer with 49 points.
Nathan hirayama highlights from 2012 2013 season
Personal
Hirayama's father, Gary Hirayama, also represented Canada in both codes of the game in the eighties winning 12 caps as fly half for the national team, and was also part of Canada's first sevens team to travel to Hong Kong. Together they are the first-ever rugby-playing father/son duo for Canada.