Birth Name: Broderick Allan Retallick
Place of Birth: Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date of Birth: 31 May, 1991
Ethnicity: English, Northern Irish, Cornish
Brodie Retallick is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He won the World Rugby Player of the Year in 2014. Brodie stands at 204 cm (6 ft 8).
Brodie is the son of Jo Ashworth and Glenn Retallick. His uncle (mother’s brother) is John Ashworth, a rugby footballer, who played 24 Tests for the All Blacks. The surname Retallick is Cornish.
Brodie’s paternal grandfather is the son of Bernard Allan Retallick and Eileen Moorfield. Bernard was born in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, the son of Thomas William Retallick, whose mother’s parents were Northern Irish, from County Cavan; and of Lea Matthews, who had English ancestry, from Hampshire.
Sources: Genealogy of Brodie Retallick – https://www.geni.com
Information and obituary about Brodie’s paternal great-grandfather, Bernard Allan Retallick – https://www.lambandhayward.co.nz
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