PLAYER PROFILE
George Bower
KEY STATS
All Blacks Next match
All Blacks
South Africa
BIOGRAPHY
It has been a meteoric rise for George Bower from the Wellington club rugby scene into the All Blacks.
Born in Lower Hutt, prop Bower can cover both tighthead and loosehead and began his rugby playing for the Avalon club and worked his way through the ranks, playing for the Wellington Under 20 team in 2011 before moving to Dunedin to train as a teacher. He played for Otago B and one game for the top team in 2014 as an injury replacement but it wasn’t until 2018 that he managed to get more regular games. Things moved quickly for the hard-working prop and he was then signed by the Crusaders, helping the team to two Super titles. He was first called into the All Blacks as injury cover in 2020.
Bower made his Test debut against Tonga at Mt Smart Stadium in 2021.