Given the question: Facts:   - ru clubcaps: 130    - birth name: xavier joseph rush      - birth date: 13 july 1977    - weight: 112 kg stlb on    - ru provincecaps: 74    - supercaps: 86    - allblackno: 978    - relatives: annaleah rush -lrb- sister -rrb-    - ru amateurclubs: auckland marist    - ru nationalpoints: -lrb- 0 -rrb-    - height: 1.87    - ru clubyears: 2005 -- 2012    - allblackid: 759    - ru nationalcaps: 8    - superyears: 1997 -- 2005    - name: xavier rush    - school: sacred heart college    - birth place: new zealand auckland , new zealand    - ru position: number eight    - other: yes    - ru clubupdate: 23 august 2011    - ru provincepoints: -lrb- - -rrb-    - ru nationalyears: 1998-2004    - ru clubpoints: -lrb- 105 -rrb-    - ru proclubs: cardiff blues    - superpoints: -lrb- 70 -rrb-    - super: blues    - ru province: auckland    - image: xavier rush.jpg    - ru provinceyears: 1997 -- 2005   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of xavier rush .
The answer is:
xavier joseph rush -lrb- born 13 july 1977 in auckland -rrb- is a former new zealand rugby union footballer .he is a former all black and played professional rugby in wales for cardiff blues where he is the former captain .