Hayden Reid

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| full_name = Hayden Brian Reid

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|01|24|df=y}}

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| occupation = Pastor

| school = Te Puke High School

| university = University of Otago

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| position = Fullback / Centre / Wing

| years1 = 2006–08

| clubs1 = Rugby Viadana

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| years2 = 2008–10

| clubs2 = Rugby Roma

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| provinceyears1 = 1999–01

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| provincepoints1 = 60

| provinceyears2 = 2002–03

| province2 = {{rut|North Harbour}}

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| provincepoints2 = 15

| provinceyears3 = 2005–06

| province3 = {{rut|Bay of Plenty}}

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| provincepoints3 = 5

| superyears1 = 2001

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Hayden Brian Reid (born 24 January 1978) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player and rugby sevens international.{{cite news |title=New Zealand down Fiji in Sevens |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/4084935.stm |work=BBC News |date=11 December 2004}} He is now a Pastor with the Curate Church.{{cite news |last1=Gibbs |first1=Carly |title=Pro rugby player Reid turns church pastor |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/professional-rugby-player-hayden-reid-now-a-church-pastor/CFVA5ZMAITN74JQ4VHQ6ZSRFW4/ |work=NZ Herald |date=26 February 2018 |language=en-NZ}}

Biography

Reid was raised on a kiwifruit orchard in Te Puke and attended Te Puke High School.

A utility back, Reid began playing with Otago in 1999 after moving to Dunedin for university and he appeared once for the Highlanders during the 2001 Super 12 season.{{cite news |title=Reid assists Yamacia |url=https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/sports/reid-assists-yamacia/ |work=Fiji Broadcasting Corporation |date=11 March 2016}} He returned to the north island in 2002 and played twice for the Blues while attached to North Harbour.{{cite web |title=Hayden Brian Reid |url=https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/hayden-b-reid |website=New Zealand Rugby History |language=en}} After two years back home competing with the Bay of Plenty, Reid played professional rugby in Italy from 2006 to 2010, with two seasons each at Viadana and Roma.

Reid is a former maths teacher at Tauranga Boys College and has been a Pastor from 2014 to 2024 before returning to Tauranga Boys College.

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