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| Date of birth | (1986-07-31)31 July 1986 (age 38) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Whangārei,New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dean Budd (born 31 July 1986) is a retired New Zealand-born, Italianrugby union player and his usual position was atLock.
Budd played in theNPC withNorthland and Auckland Rugby, while also playing with theAuckland Blues in theSuper Rugby. Also able to play second row, Budd is a good jumper and is famous for his fancy offloads. Before joiningBenetton Budd played for theNEC Green Rockets in theTop League.
Budd arrived in Italy and to Benetton in the2012–13 Pro12 season. He gained eligibility to play for Italy by way of residency in 2015.Budd debuted for Italy in the summer of June 2017 against Scotland in Singapore.
In April 2017, Budd signed a contract renewal with Treviso for the2017–18 Pro14 season and beyond and Treviso Head CoachKieran Crowley named Budd as captain for the 2017–18 season. He is currently living with his pet dog Due.He played withBenetton until2019–20 Pro14 season.[1]
On 18 August 2019, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the2019 Rugby World Cup.[2]He representeditaly on 29 occasions.[3] and captained the side on 3 occasions.