| Date of birth | (1974-02-14)14 February 1974 (age 51) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb; 192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adam Larkin is an Australian formerrugby union player and coach, who played forNorth Harbour,Bristol,Castres andUlster. A utility back, his preferred position was inside centre, but he also played fly-half and wing.
Larkin was born inSydney, Australia, and raised in New Zealand.[1] Through a grandmother from Belfast, he held an Irish passport.[2] He played forNorth Harbour for three seasons, alongsideAll-Black centresWalter Little andFrank Bunce,[2] making 26 appearances and scoring 53 points,[3] and representedNew Zealand at under-21 level,[4] but after failing to win aSuper 12 contract with theWaikato Chiefs, he moved to England to joinBristol, making his debut in January 1998. He made 28 appearances for the club, scoring 17 tries and kicking one conversion, totalling 90 points, but was not offered a new contract after the 1998–99 season,[4] and joinedCastres Olympique. In 2001 he moved from Castres toUlster.[5] He was part of the team that won theCeltic Cup in 2004 and the2005–06 Celtic League. He retired in December 2007, having made 69 appearances for the province and scored 233 points.[6] He coachedBelfast Harlequins for six seasons, from 2010 to 2016.[7]
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