Dean Budd
 Budd in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Whangārei, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dean Budd (born 31 July 1986) is a retired New Zealand-born, Italian rugby union player and his usual position was at Lock.
Budd played in the NPC with Northland and Auckland Rugby, while also playing with the Auckland Blues in the Super Rugby. Also able to play second row, Budd is a good jumper and is famous for his fancy offloads. Before joining Benetton Budd played for the NEC Green Rockets in the Top League.
Budd arrived in Italy and to Benetton in the 2012–13 Pro12 season. He gained eligibility to play for Italy by way of residency in 2015.Budd debuted for Italy in the summer of June 2017 against Scotland in Singapore.
In April 2017, Budd signed a contract renewal with Treviso for the 2017–18 Pro14 season and beyond and Treviso Head Coach Kieran Crowley named Budd as captain for the 2017–18 season. He is currently living with his pet dog Due. He played with Benetton until 2019–20 Pro14 season.[1]
On 18 August 2019, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[2] He represented italy on 29 occasions.[3] and captained the side on 3 occasions.
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[edit]- 1986 births
- Living people
- Italian rugby union players
- Italy international rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- Rugby union players from Whangārei
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- 2019 Rugby World Cup players
- Blues (Super Rugby) players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players
- Green Rockets Tokatsu players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Auckland rugby union players
- Northland rugby union players