Codie Taylor

Codie Joshua Dane Taylor (born 31 March 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as a hooker for Canterbury in the ITM Cup. Having grown up in Feilding and Levin before moving to Christchurch he was a member of the Crusaders Wider Training Squad for the 2012 Super Rugby season and he has subsequently been promoted to the senior squad for the 2013 season.

Taylor was part of the Junior All Blacks team which won the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship.

Of Ngāti Raukawa and Muaūpoko descent, Taylor played for the Māori All Blacks in 2014.

Taylor was selected for the All Blacks 2015 Squad against Samoa. His first game for the All Blacks was the opening match of the 2015 Rugby Championship against Argentina, when he came on in the 59th minute to replace Kevin Mealamu as Hooker. He scored a try on debut, in the 71st minute, after the All Blacks won a scrum close to the Argentine line.

Taylor was named in the All Blacks 31-man squad to go to the Rugby World Cup 2015 in England.

Taylor is the great-great-grandson of All Blacks player Walter Pringle.