George Gadai Bower (born May 28, 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 usual position is prop. He currently^[when?] plays for Crusaders and Otago.

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George Bower

Full name	George Gadai Bower
Date of birth	(1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	115 kg (254 lb; 18 st 2 lb)
School	Taita College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Current team Otago, Crusaders Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014– Otago 26 (0) 2019– Crusaders 52 (0) Correct as of 16 July 2022 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2020 South Island 1 (0) 2021– New Zealand 21 (0) Correct as of 16 July 2022

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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]