Beard moved to Christchurch as a young player to pursue a career in rugby and kicked off matters in earnest with Burnside's championship-winning team.
He was then called up to the provincial Canterbury B team and, after an impressive season in which he was named player of the year, was brought into the Crusader Knights, the development squad of Super Rugby giants Crusaders.[1]
Bay of Plenty then offered the midfielder the next step on the provincial ladder, where he played out his first season before being approached in 2013 to join Edinburgh in Scotland.[2]
Having made his initial appearances for the team from the replacements' bench, Beard started a match for the first time on 28 February 2014, during which he ran in Edinburgh's second try in a victory over Ospreys.[3]
Beard was contracted to Edinburgh until 2016, having signed a contract extension at the end of his first season with the club.[4] On 22 February 2016, Beard signed a two-year deal with Welsh region the Dragons from the 2016–17 season.[5] He was released by the Dragons at the end of the 2017–18 season.
^"Timaru's Sam Beard signs up with Bay of Plenty". Stuff. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
^"Sam Beard". Edinburgh Rugby. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
^"Edinburgh 31 - 25 Ospreys". BBC Sport. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
^"Edinburgh Rugby: Trialists Sam Beard and Carl Bezuidenhout sign deals". BBC Sport. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
^"Edinburgh centre Sam Beard signs for Newport Gwent Dragons". Sky Sports. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
Sam Beard is nephew of John Haggart
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beard, other, people, named, disambiguation, born, 1990, timaru, zealand, rugby, union, footballer, regular, playing, position, centre, birth, namesamuel, thomas, bearddate, birth, 1990, 1990, place, birthtimaru, zealandheight1, weight93, rugby, union, careerp. For other people named Sam Beard see Sam Beard disambiguation Sam Beard born 3 May 1990 in Timaru New Zealand is a rugby union footballer His regular playing position is Centre Sam BeardBirth nameSamuel Thomas BeardDate of birth 1990 05 03 3 May 1990 age 34 Place of birthTimaru New ZealandHeight1 83 m 6 ft 0 in Weight93 kg 14 st 9 lb Rugby union careerPosition s CentreSenior careerYearsTeamApps Points 2011201132013 20162016 20182018 20192020 South CanterburyBay of PlentyEdinburghDragonsCrusadersNew England Free Jacks9641340 15 0 10 25 0 Correct as of 12 November 2019 Contents 1 Career 2 Rugby Statistics 3 References 4 External linksCareer editBeard moved to Christchurch as a young player to pursue a career in rugby and kicked off matters in earnest with Burnside s championship winning team He was then called up to the provincial Canterbury B team and after an impressive season in which he was named player of the year was brought into the Crusader Knights the development squad of Super Rugby giants Crusaders 1 Bay of Plenty then offered the midfielder the next step on the provincial ladder where he played out his first season before being approached in 2013 to join Edinburgh in Scotland 2 Having made his initial appearances for the team from the replacements bench Beard started a match for the first time on 28 February 2014 during which he ran in Edinburgh s second try in a victory over Ospreys 3 Beard was contracted to Edinburgh until 2016 having signed a contract extension at the end of his first season with the club 4 On 22 February 2016 Beard signed a two year deal with Welsh region the Dragons from the 2016 17 season 5 He was released by the Dragons at the end of the 2017 18 season Rugby Statistics editAs of 28 June 2015 Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red 2015 16 Edinburgh 2 2 0 121 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 2014 15 Edinburgh 20 16 4 1237 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2013 14 Edinburgh 13 4 9 468 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 Total 35 22 13 1826 2 0 0 0 10 0 0References edit Timaru s Sam Beard signs up with Bay of Plenty Stuff Retrieved 24 April 2018 Sam Beard Edinburgh Rugby Retrieved 4 March 2014 Edinburgh 31 25 Ospreys BBC Sport 1 January 1970 Retrieved 4 March 2014 Edinburgh Rugby Trialists Sam Beard and Carl Bezuidenhout sign deals BBC Sport 18 June 2014 Retrieved 22 February 2016 Edinburgh centre Sam Beard signs for Newport Gwent Dragons Sky Sports 22 February 2016 Retrieved 22 February 2016 Sam Beard is nephew of John HaggartExternal links editEdinburgh profile Dragons Profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sam Beard amp oldid 1222478435, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,