Hamish Gard


Hamish Gard is a New Zealand rugby union player. He played as a centre.

Career

Gard attended Palmerston North [Boys' High School]. In 2003 Gard made the Hurricanes Secondary Schools Team. He played for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition between 2008 and 2009, after 3 years for the Canterbury provincial team.
He played for Montpellier in the French league Top 14 from February 2012–13 [Top 14 season|2013] to December 2013; and returned for the 2014 season. Before and after he played for La Rochelle in December 2013,then La Rochelle for 2013–14 [Top 14 season|2014], before finally returning a third time in 2014–2015; and played until 2015 when he signed for the Mitsubishi [Sagamihara DynaBoars] until 2017.
Following his professional rugby career, Hamish accepted an offer to join Xigo as both a Project Manager in the construction industry and also a midfielder in the Div 3, 7 aside football team, The Xigoals. Hamish rewarded the investment early in his stint at Xigo netting 10 goals on the way to securing the Div 3 Championship and also the Golden Boot.