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Date of birth | 20 December 1978 | ||||||
Place of birth | Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||
Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) [1] | ||||||
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Position(s) | Wing/Full Back | ||||||
Current club | Saracens F.C. | ||||||
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Joe Maddock (born on 20 December 1978 in Christchurch, New Zealand), is a rugby union winger/fullback who currently plays for Saracens F.C. in the Aviva Premiership.
During his professional career he has represented the Super 14 side the Crusaders between 2002–04 when the side won the Super 12 title after an unbeaten season and the New Zealand Maori on their tour of England in 2003.[2]
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Maddock was born in Christchurch, New Zealand and represented the Prebbleton club in his younger years.
He made his professional debut for the province Canterbury in 2001, scoring two tries against Buller in a Ranfurly Shield match. In two years with Canterbury Maddock ran in 27 tries in 30 appearances. Maddock marked his Crusaders debut in 2002 with a try against the Highlanders. He scored a further two tries in his freshman season for the Crusaders as they won the Super 12 title undefeated. Maddock failed to score in his second season with the Crusaders, and departed the side with 16 appearances and 3 tries. In 2003, Maddock was selected for the New Zealand Maori squad for their England tour in 2003. Regaining his scoring touch, he ran in 8 tries in 8 games for the Maori.
Maddock joined Bath from Canterbury in summer 2004. In his first season at the Rec he made 14 appearances (9 starts) and scored 2 tries. The following season, 2005/06 saw Maddock scoop the Ted Arnold award for being the club's top try scorer, securing 5 touchdowns in 19 games in all competitions. He finished the 2006/07 season with 8 tries in 30 competitive games making him the club's joint top scorer for the season. His performances gave him the 'Best Back' title at the end-of-season awards dinner.
In the 2007/08 season, Matt Banahan grabbed many headlines, but Maddock proved once again reliable at being on hand to run in 6 in 18 appearances, including 2 during Bath's road to victory in the European Challenge Cup.
2008/09 started well for Bath, ending with Maddock the leading try scorer in the Guinness premiership with 11 tries.
In May 2010, Maddock announced that he will be leaving Bath at the end of the 2009/10 season and signed for Benetton Rugby Treviso.[3][4]
In June 2011, Maddock signed for English club Saracens.[5]
Maddock is also a basketball player and has represented Canterbury. In his spare time he enjoys playing basketball at the Bath Spa University along with team mates Jonny Fa'amatuainu and Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu.[6]
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Joe Maddock may refer to:
Joseph Herbert Maddock (July 11, 1877 – November 11, 1943) was a college football player and coach. He was an All-Western tackle for the University of Michigan's "Point-a-Minute" football teams in 1902 and 1903. He also set a Western Conference record in the hammer throw. He later served as a head football coach at the University of Utah, where he compiled a record of 28–9–1 between 1904 and 1909.
Maddock was born in East Jordan, Michigan and began his collegiate career at Albion College. In 1901, the 24-year-old Maddock played for Albion football coach Chester Brewer who taught him the "Wisconsin style of tackle play." Maddock was so effective against the University of Michigan in 1901 that Coach Fielding H. Yost enticed him to transfer to Michigan. He became a star for Yost's "Point-a-Minute" teams in 1902 and 1903.
He played tackle and punter at the University of Michigan on Fielding H. Yost's "Point-a-Minute" teams. Though he was a lineman, Maddock was also used as a ball carrier in short-yardage situations. As reported by The New York Times, the Wolverines used "big Joe Maddock, the sturdy right tackle, for first downs when a few yards were needed." In Michigan's 1903 victory over Minnesota, Maddock and Willie Heston were the Wolverines's biggest ground gainers. After the game, Coach Yost told reporters, "They would not be stopped by ordinary tackles nor by less than three or four Minnesota men, who sometimes had to sit on them to stop them at all."