Thyssen de Goede

Thyssen de Goede (born June 24, 1988) is a Canadian former international rugby union player.

A native of Victoria, British Columbia, de Goede is of Dutch descent and comes from a rugby playing family, with his father Hans and mother Stephanie both captaining Canada at Rugby World Cups.^[1] His younger sister Sophie is also a Canadian representative player. He was educated at Georges P. Vanier Secondary School.^[2]

A back-row forward, de Goede started playing rugby with his school team at age 15 and represented Canada at the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship.^[3] He had several years with the Canada rugby sevens team, including an appearance at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.^[4] In 2015, de Goede debuted for the Canada XV as the blindside flanker against Japan at the 2015 Pacific Nations Cup and was capped a second time off the bench against Samoa later in the tournament.^[5]

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• 1988 births
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• Canadian rugby union players
• Canada international rugby union players
• Canada international rugby sevens players
• Rugby union players from Victoria, British Columbia
• Rugby union flankers
• Canadian people of Dutch descent
• Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
• Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada

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