One of three sons of the former Mid-Canterbury All Black Jock Ross to have made their mark on the representative scene, Isaac Ross followed up his debut Rebel Sport Super 14 season in 2007 by making that year’s New Zealand Maori squad for the Churchill Cup in England.

An old boy of Timaru Boys’ High School, Ross played for the national Under-19 and Under-21 teams after finishing school. He also featured in 10 of Canterbury’s 12 matches in 2006, prior to winning a Crusaders’ call-up the following year. Ross has an illustrious pedigree to live up to.

Not only did his father play five matches for the All Blacks in 1981, mother Christine is also a former New Zealand rugby representative. Christine Ross was capped five times by the national women’s team between 1989 and 1996, scoring 52 points in those matches.

Isaac Ross played for the Highlanders in 2008. He was one of the most improved Crusaders in 2009, making giant strides which put him in the running for the All Blacks.

FULL NAME

Isaac  Ross

BORN

Saturday, 27 October 1984 in Ashburton

AGE

25

PHYSICAL

2.01m, 115kg

POSITION

Lock

LAST SCHOOL

Timaru Boys' High

RUGBY CLUB
(First made All Blacks from)

New Brighton

PROVINCE

Canterbury

SUPER 14 TEAM

Crusaders

ALL BLACK DEBUT

Saturday, 13 June 2009
v France at Dunedin
aged 24 years, 229 days

INTERNATIONAL DEBUT

Saturday, 13 June 2009
v France at Dunedin
aged 24 years, 229 days

LAST TEST

Saturday, 12 September 2009
v South Africa at Hamilton
aged 24 years, 320 days

ALL BLACK TESTS

8 (0 as Captain)

ALL BLACK GAMES

0 (0 as Captain)

TOTAL ALL BLACK MATCHES

8 (0 as Captain)

ALL BLACK TEST POINTS

10pts (2t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)

ALL BLACK GAME POINTS

0pts

TOTAL ALL BLACK POINTS

10pts (2t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)

ALL BLACK NUMBER

1088

The All Black Games that Ross played.
(+) = substitute; (-) = replaced

Click on the date to be taken to the Match Card

2009

 13 Jun vs France at Dunedin 22-27 (-) 

 20 Jun vs France at Wellington 14-10 (-) 

 27 Jun vs Italy at Christchurch 27-6  

 18 Jul vs Australia at Auckland 22-16 (-) 

 25 Jul vs South Africa at Bloemfontein 19-28 (-) 

 1 Aug vs South Africa at Durban 19-31  

 22 Aug vs Australia at Sydney 19-18  

 12 Sep vs South Africa at Hamilton 29-32  

Points scored for the All Blacks

t

c

p

dg

pts

vs Italy, 27 Jun 2009

1

-

-

-

5

vs South Africa, 1 Aug 2009

1

-

-

-

5

Totals

2

0

0

0

10

Test Record by Nation

P

W

D

L

t

c

p

dg

pts

Australia

2

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

France

2

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

Italy

1

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

5

South Africa

3

-

-

3

1

-

-

-

5

Totals

8

4

0

4

2

0

0

0

10