George Gadai Bower (born 28 May 1992) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He began his rugby in Wellington playing for Avalon rugby club, following that he made his first ever representative team playing for Wellington U20s in 2011. His position is prop. He currently plays for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and Otago in the Bunnings NPC.
Rugby career
In 2014, Bower moved to Dunedin to play for the Harbour Hawks RFC and then played one game for Otago's National Provincial Championship team that year as an injury replacement. Nicknamed the "Fijian Bulldozer", "Humble Horse" and "The Fijian Prince" by fans, Bower was once an extra in an advertisement for the All Blacks.
Bower did not make an appearance for Otago until 2018 when he was called in as injury cover. He played aseven more games for Otago in 2018.
In 2019, he was named in the Crusaders' pre-season and made his debut in round 4. In November 2019, he was named in the 2020 Crusaders' squad.[1]
In October 2020, the All Blacks' coach, Ian Foster, named Bower as a wider squad member of the All Blacks team to Australia. In 2021, he was again named in the wider squad for the Steinlager Series against Fiji and Tonga.[2] He made his international debut for the All Blacks on 3 July 2021 against Tonga at Auckland.[3]
