{{update|date=August 2018}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Jeremy Thrush | image = | caption = | birth_name = Jeremy Thrush | birth_place = Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.98}} | weight = {{convert|118|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} | position = Lock | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = Hutt Old Boys Marist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/hutt-valley/73972123/jeremy-thrush-slips-quietly-out-of-wellington-rugby|title=Jeremy Thrush slips quietly out of Wellington rugby|website=Stuff}}</ref> | amupdate = | repteam1 = {{nowrap|{{nrut|New Zealand}}}} | repyears1 = 2013–2015 | repcaps1 = 11 | reppoints1 = 10 | repupdate = 17 November 2014 | years1 = 2015–2018 | clubs1 = Gloucester | apps1 = 58 | points1 = 35 | clubs2 = {{Rut|Force}} | apps2 = 8 | years2 = 2019 | clubupdate = | currentclub = | super1 = {{Rut|Hurricanes}} | superyears1 = 2008–2015 | superapps1 = 110 | superpoints1 = 50 | super2 = {{Rut|Force}} | superyears2 = 2020- | superapps2 = 32 | superpoints2 = 10 | super14currentclub = | superupdate = 26 Feb 2023 | province1 = {{Rut|Wellington}} | provinceyears1 = 2006–2015 | provinceapps1 = 87 | provincepoints1 = 120 | ru_provinceupdate = 23 October 2015 | relatives = Jayden Thrush, Josh Lord, William Deihl | school = Hutt Valley High School | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|4|19|df=yes}} }}
'''Jeremy Thrush''' (born 19 April 1985) is a rugby union lock who plays for the Western Force. He previously played for {{Rut|Hurricanes}} in Super Rugby and Wellington Lions in the ITM Cup.<ref>[http://www.espnscrum.com/newzealand/rugby/player/83857.html Jeremy Thrush player profile] Scrum.com</ref> He represented the Junior All Blacks, New Zealand Under-19 and New Zealand Secondary Schools teams. He was a part of the victorious 2004 Under-19 World Championship team and was named the 2004 IRB World U19 Player of the Year.
Thrush made his debut as a replacement in the 68th minute of the All Blacks' second test against France in the 2013 Steinlager Series. On 13 January 2015, it was announced that Thrush would be joining Aviva Premiership side Gloucester after the 2015 Rugby World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/30796178|title=Jeremy Thrush: Gloucester sign New Zealand lock from Hurricanes|publisher=BBC Sport|date=13 January 2015}}</ref>
On 10 May 2018, Thrush returned to the southern hemisphere in Australia to sign for Western Force as part of the Global Rapid Rugby competition and recently played for them in Super Rugby AU and Super Rugby Pacific.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/gloucester-rugby-lock-jeremy-thrush-1551036|publisher=Gloucestershire Live|title=Gloucester Rugby lock Jeremy Thrush confirms next destination|date=10 May 2018|access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/force-ready-to-return/|publisher=Western Force|title=Force ready to return|date=27 May 2020|access-date=3 August 2020}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk/rugby/squad/squads_gloucester_first_xv.php?player=122962&includeref=dynamic Gloucester Rugby Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905210225/http://www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk/rugby/squad/squads_gloucester_first_xv.php?player=122962&includeref=dynamic |date=5 September 2015 }} *{{All Blacks|id=1120|name=Jeremy-Thrush}} *[http://www.hurricanes.co.nz/team/players/jeremy-thrush Hurricanes Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508214939/http://www.hurricanes.co.nz/team/players/jeremy-thrush |date=8 May 2012 }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090708030853/http://www.wellingtonlions.co.nz/our-team/player-profiles/36-Jeremy-Thrush Wellington Lions Profile] *[http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player_5331.html itsrugby.co.uk Profile]
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