Gard attended
Palmerston North Boys' High School. In 2003 Gard made the Hurricanes Secondary Schools Team. He played for the
Crusaders in the
Super Rugby competition between 2008 and 2009, after 3 years for the Canterbury provincial team. in December 2013,then La Rochelle for
2014, before finally returning a third time in
2014–2015; and played until 2015 when he signed for the
Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars (Japan) until 2017. Following his professional rugby career, Hamish accepted an offer to join Xigo as both a Project Manager in the construction industry and also a midfielder in the Div 3, 7 aside football team, The Xigoals. Hamish rewarded the investment early in his stint at Xigo netting 10 goals on the way to securing the Div 3 Championship and also the Golden Boot. ==References==