{{Short description|New Zealand rugby union player}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Tayler Adams | image = | caption = | birth_name = Tayler Adams | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|11|24}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.76}} | weight = {{cvt|81|kg|lb stlb}} | position = Scrum-half, Fly-half | amatyears1 = | currentclub = Toronto Arrows | amatteam1 = | ru_amupdate = | repteam1 = New Zealand U20 | repyears1 = 2013 | repcaps1 = 5 | reppoints1 = 10 | ru_ntupdate = 24 April 2013 | years1 = 2015 | years2 = 2016–2017 | years3 = 2020– | clubs1 = Greater Sydney Rams | clubs2 = NSW Country Eagles | clubs3 = Toronto Arrows | apps1 = 5 | apps2 = 17 | apps3 = 4 | points1 = 3 | points2 = 83 | points3 = 9 | ru_clubupdate = 15 March 2020 | ru_currentclub = Toronto Arrows | superyears1 = 2018 | super1 = {{Rut|Rebels}} | superapps1 = 2 | superpoints1 = 0 | super14currentclub = | super14update = 14 July 2018 | province1 = Southland | provinceyears1 = 2012–2014, 2018– | provinceapps1 = 27 | provincepoints1 = 18 | ru_provinceupdate = 8 February 2019 | repsevensyears1 = | repsevenscomp1 = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | ru_coachupdate = | relatives = Dan Adams (father) | school = Kelston Boys' High School | university = Southern Institute of Technology }}
'''Tayler Adams''' (born 24 November 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a halfback for the Toronto Arrows in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also represents Southland in the ITM Cup.
==Career== He made his Southland debut in 2012, and his strong performances saw him named in the New Zealand national under-20 squad for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in France.
Between 2015 and 2018 he played in Australia, initially in the NRC, and in 2018 for the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby.
==Career== At the age of just 18 years he was whisked into the Stags squad in 2012 after brothers Jimmy and Scott Cowan departed. He made his debut in an 84–nil loss to Canterbury in Christchurch, and went on to also start in Southland's remaining three games of the season.<ref name="National honours beckon for Tayler Adams">{{cite web |last=Savory |first=Logan |date=11 April 2013 |title=National honours beckon for Tayler Adams |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/sport/8534768/National-honours-beckon-for-Tayler-Adams |accessdate=24 April 2013 |website=Stuff}}</ref> He moved to Australia in 2015, playing for Greater Sydney Rams and NSW Country Eagles in the NRC, and in 2018 for the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby. He returned to Southland following the 2018 Super Rugby season. In 2019 he joined the Toronto Arrows ahead of the 2020 Major League Rugby season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://torontoarrows.com/2019/08/29/toronto-arrows-continue-to-fill-quiver-for-2020-mlr-season/|title=Toronto Arrows Continue to Fill Quiver for 2020 MLR Season}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==Super Rugby statistics==
{{updated|15 July 2018|<ref name="Player Statistics">{{cite web | url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player_26912.html | title=Player Statistics | work=It's Rugby}}</ref>}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; line-height:90%; font-size:95%; width:60%;" |- ! Season !! Team !! Games !! Starts !! Sub !! Mins !! Tries !! Cons !! Pens !! Drops !! Points !! Yel !!Red<!-- Games St Sub Min T C P FG Pts YC RC --> |- | 2018 || {{Rut|Rebels}} || 2 || 0 || 2 || 15 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- !colspan="2"|Total || 2 || 0 || 2 || 15 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |}
==External links== * [http://www.allblacks.com/Player/Index/2296?team=U20 Tayler Adams New Zealand U20s profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Tayler}} Category:New Zealand rugby union players Category:Living people Category:Southland rugby union players Category:Greater Sydney Rams players Category:Rugby union scrum-halves Category:1993 births Category:Rugby union players from Auckland Category:New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Australia Category:Melbourne Rebels players Category:New South Wales Country Eagles players Category:Expatriate rugby union players in Canada Category:Toronto Arrows players Category:Rugby union fly-halves Category:People educated at Kelston Boys' High School