Israel Dagg
Israel Dagg was born in Rangitikei District, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand on June 6th, 1988 and is the Rugby Player. At the age of 35, Israel Dagg biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Israel Jamahl Akuhata Dagg (born 6 June 1988) is a former New Zealand rugby union player who competed for the Crusaders in Super Rugby.
He has also competed for the New Zealand Sevens team and represented Hawkes Bay in the ITM Cup.
Dagg played international rugby for the New Zealand All Blacks from 2010 to 2017, before his career was cut short due to repetitive knee injuries.
Dagg has played 26 times in his international career, and he is one of the Most Valuable Outside Backs in All Black history. In an Instagram post citing continuing injuries with a right knee injury, Dagg announced his retirement from rugby on April 4, 2019.
He has continued to play a vital role in the Crusaders' coaching and consulting staff.
Following his premature retirement, he joined the Sky Sport NZ rugby union commentary team.
Early life
Dagg was born in Marton, New Zealand, and attended Lindisfarne College in Hastings, Hawke's Bay. Dagg is a Mori (Ngti Kahungunu) and Samoan descendant of his grandmother.
Personal life
Dagg has been married to Daisy since 2015. They have two children, a son Arlo who was born in April 2017 and a daughter who was born in May 2018. In 2015, he appeared in a Men in Black themed safety commercial for Air New Zealand starring singer Stan Walker and actor Rip Torn.
Early career
Dagg appeared at Hawke's Bay under the age of 16 and under 19 years old when he was in high school. In April 2006, Dagg began a Advanced Course at the International Rugby Academy (IRANZ). Dave Rennie, the current Wallabies coach, and former Otago Highlanders and New Zealand player Jeff Wilson were among his course mentors. He was the first secondary school student to be selected for Hawke's Bay since Danny Lee in that year. He was named one of the top players for 2006 by New Zealand Rugby Almanack, one of the country's top players.
International career
Dagg made his All Blacks debut against Ireland in New Plymouth on June 12, 2010. The following week, he was capped against Wales again but he was forced to miss halftime.
Coach Graham Henry decided to place him in reserve for his second test against Wales, thus affording veteran Mils Muliaina a chance. Muliaina was awarded the 15 jersey for the first Tri Nations test against South Africa. Strong results by the veteran in the All Blacks' 32–12 win over the All Blacks have resulted in his selection for the rematch against the Springboks. Dagg was given a bench seat for his first international appearance for the All Blacks. The Dagg was swerved between Schalk Burger and Pierre Spies before dancing his way to the try line. As the All Blacks defeated 31–17, New Zealand got the try bonus in the Investing Tri Nations.
Dagg's second test attempt took place against South Africa on August 21, 2010 at FNB Stadium near Soweto, Johannesburg. With the scores at 22-all in the last minute of play, Dagg backed up a break by Ma'a Nonu to bring the game-winning try for a 29-22 result.
He was one of the top try scorers in the 2011 Rugby World Cup Dagg pool rounds. In the first half of the tournament's first game against Tonga, he scored his first attempt before adding another try before halftime. In the 22nd minute of his All Blacks pool match against France, he got his next try. In total, he scored five tries in the tournament. That was the second most at the tournament.
Mils Muliaina was suspended from the All Blacks from the beginning of XV, with Muliaina just two caps away from his 100th test. Dagg lost the All blacks in the final against France.
Following the completion of the Rugby World Cup, the IRB's Rugby News Service listed Dagg as one of the top 5 players of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Dagg was selected in the 30-man test squad to face Ireland in New Zealand. He appeared in all three games at fullback. He received a yellow card for shoulder charging a kicker late in the second match. He scored a try off a Sonny Bill Williams grubber kick in the third match. Aaron Cruden was also wounded while he converted, but Aaron Cruden was injured. The All Blacks took the test series.
In all of the 2012 Rugby Championship matches for the All Blacks, Dagg got off. In the first match of the Rugby Championship against the Wallabies, he scored. It was a result of a set piece move involving Dan Carter. He scored in the second match of the rugby championship against the Wallabies after being given a pass by Sonny Bill Williams. Sam Whitelock and Kieran Read scored on his third attempt of the championship against South Africa. The All Blacks won the Bledisloe Cup and the Rugby Championship trophy.
He got off to the matches against Scotland, Wales, and the All Blacks' only loss of the year against England, injuring himself in the Scotland test, which barred him from the Italy test and effectively bans him from the Wales test.
Except for the match against Japan in Tokyo, Dagg played in every single match of 2013. He was on a tryout, but as the All Blacks won every game of the season to start the first undefeated season, he was in some of his best form in setting up tries for his teammates.
In the first test against England, he had injury problems, effectively ending him out of the remainder of the series. Ben Smith, a right wing, was used to mask Dagg's injury and played so well that he took the fullback jersey for the first two Bledisloe tests. Dagg was given another shot against Argentina in his home province, and he was able to move Smith to the right wing for the remainder of the rugby championship. Dagg played well on defense against England on the end of the year tour, but he was forced to Smith for the final test against Wales.
Dagg had a rough year in 2015, only playing 5 games for the Crusaders and three tests for the All Blacks, causing Dagg to barely qualify for New Zealand's 2015 Rugby World Cup squad. Dagg returned to Hawke's Bay to play for the Magpies and scored a hat-trick against Otago, but he was forced to miss his 50th game. Dagg's most recent injury required shoulder surgery, effectively ending him out for the remainder of the Magpies' Mitre 10 cup-winning year.
Dagg recovered from his shoulder injury and returned to the Crusaders for the 2016 Super Rugby season. Dagg was then re-selected for New Zealand after suffering an injury and his great form for the Crusaders (5 tries in his first five games), and was then included in the 32-man squad for the All Blacks' three-match series against Wales. He played at fullback for two games, with scoring tries in each.
With Dagg moving out to the wing for the series, Ben Smith was brought to full throttle for the 2016 Rugby Championship. On his debut as the right wing, Dagg scored 2 tries against Australia in Wellington, allowing New Zealand to win the Bledisloe Cup for the second time.
He firmly established himself as the All Blacks' first choice right wing after winning the competition as the joint highest try scorer with Ben Smith. In the six matches played, the two players scored 5 tries each. He also kicked a 47-meter foul against Argentina, which was notably kicked. He was rested for his first game against Ireland, the first game lost by the All Blacks this year, but he scored tries against Italy and France, the latter of which was without Smith out injured.
Beauden Barrett and Ben Smith of the Year were the highest try-scorer of the year for the All Blacks in 2016, defeating the team's new first-choice fly-half and World Rugby Player of the Year. Dagg's highest rating from the 12 games he played in 2016 was 10 in total.
Despite missing a portion of the Crusaders' Super Rugby winning season as a result of knee surgery in 2017, Dagg was retained as the first-choice right winger for the All Blacks' series against Samoa's British and Irish Lions. Dagg scored a try in the 78-0 victory over Samoa and gave us his first test attempt. In the first test, Dagg scored 30–15, but he was moved to fullback, a landmark 24-21 loss to the Lions. Dagg continued his tests on the wing as the second-most capped All Blacks winger, second only to former teammate Joe Rokocoko.
He missed the first two tests against Australia due to illness, but he returned to play against Argentina and scored a goal before being suspended due to a season-ending injury.