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Caleb Stanley Ralph (born 9 September 1977 in Rotorua) is a New Zealand rugby union international. He has played as a winger for the national side (the All Blacks) and now plays centre for his provincial team, Canterbury, and Super 14 franchise, the Canterbury Crusaders, although he started his career as a winger. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1224x1840, 188 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ...
For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
Rotorua is a city located on the southern shore of Lake Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. ...
Rugby union (often referred to as just rugby, or union) is a variant of rugby football. ...
The international rugby union team of New Zealand are known as the All Blacks, a name derived from their playing strip of black shirts, shorts and socks. ...
The National Provincial Championship (which for sponsorship reasons, is referred to as Air New Zealand NPC or just simply NPC) is New Zealands principal domestic rugby union competition. ...
The Canterbury Rugby Football Union is the official governing body for rugby union in a substantial part of the Canterbury region of New Zealand. ...
The current Super 14 logo The Super 14 is a rugby union championship competed for by teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. ...
The Crusaders (formerly the Canterbury Crusaders) are a New Zealand Rugby Union team based in Christchurch, New Zealand, Jade Stadium, and representing the Buller, Tasman, West Coast, Canterbury, Mid Canterbury and South Canterbury unions. ...
Ralph was first capped internationally in 1998. After an absence from the national team for several years he was recalled in 2002, and was a regular member of the All Blacks throughout the 2002 and 2003 seasons, playing a total of 13 tests and scoring eight tries, including a hat-trick against Italy in 2002, and was a member of the New Zealand team during the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He looks set to gain his 100th consecutive 'super rugby' Crusaders cap, a record achieved other greats of New Zealand rugby such as Colin Meads, Simon Mannix, Wayne 'Buck' Shelford, Bruce Reihana and Dave Loveridge. Many attribute Ralph's longevity to his highly physical style of game and the fact that he just is that good. (Redirected from 2003 Rugby World Cup) The 2003 Rugby Union World Cup was the fifth world cup in rugby history. ...
Caleb once had a brief relationship with Zara Phillips. This spawned the nickname "Prince Caleb" due to her royal connections. Most royal observers felt she couldn't do better, except possibly Girvan Dempsey, who is Caleb Ralph's idol and the only player that is recognised as being better than 'the Ralph' as his fans affectionately refer to him. Zara Phillips Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips (born May 15, 1981) is the daughter of Anne, the Princess Royal and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips. ...
He also represented New Zealand in Rugby sevens between 1996 and 2000, and was a member of the gold medal-winning New Zealand team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Rugby sevens is a variant of rugby football in which only seven players per side feature. ...
The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 11 to September 21 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for 20th Century. ...
Ralph won the Canterbury Maori Trophy on December 10, 2005.
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