Jason Hammond

Jason Philip Hammond (born 9 November 1974) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player.

Jason Hammond

Full name	Jason Philip Hammond
Date of birth	(1974-11-09) 9 November 1974 (age 50)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker / Prop Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1995–03, 2008 Northland 102 (40) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 1998 Chiefs 4 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1998 New Zealand Maori 2 (0) 1998 New Zealand "A" 1 (0)

A front-row forward, Hammond played his provincial rugby with Northland and competed with the Chiefs during the 1998 Super 12 season. He earned New Zealand Maori representative honours as a hooker in 1998 and also toured Western Samoa that year with New Zealand "A".^[1]

Hammond's maternal grandfather was from Fiji and an attempt was made in 2003 to draft him into the Fijian squad for the World Cup, but the IRB ruled him ineligible due to his NZ "A" appearance.^[2]

Retiring after the 2003 season, Hammond was left stranded on 99 Northland caps, despite mistakenly having been awarded a blazer to celebrate a century of games, but got his opportunity to bring up the milestone when he made a comeback in 2008 as injury cover.^[3]

Hammond received a sentence of five months community detention by the Whangārei District Court in 2018 for a one-punch assault the previous year, which left the victim with a fractured skull.^[4]