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Canterbury (National Provincial Championship)
Canterbury are a Rugby union in New Zealand, New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury, New Zealand. The Canterbury Rugby Football Union, union was originally established in 1879, with the National Provincial Championship (1976–2005), National Provincial Championship established in 1976. They now play in the reformed National Provincial Championship (2006–present), National Provincial Championship competition. They play their home games at Rugby League Park, Orangetheory Stadium in Christchurch in the Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury region. The team is affiliated with the Crusaders (rugby union), Crusaders Super Rugby franchise. Their home playing colours are black and red. Current squad The Canterbury squad for the 2022 Bunnings NPC is: Honours Canterbury have been overall Champions on 14 occasions. Their first title was in 1977 and their most recent title was in 2017. Their full list of honours include: ;National Provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canterbury Rugby Football Union
The Canterbury Rugby Football Union (also referred to as "Canterbury" or "CRFU") is the governing body for rugby union in a portion of the Canterbury region of New Zealand. Its colours are red and black in a hooped design. The CRFU govern the running of the Canterbury representative team which have won New Zealand's first-tier domestic competition National Provincial Championship (Air New Zealand Cup and ITM Cup) 14 times including a "six-peat" from 2008 to 2013 – with five in the National Provincial Championship, two in the Air New Zealand Cup, five in the ITM Cup and one in the Mitre 10 Cup. Their most recent victory was the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup. Canterbury also acts as a primary feeder to the Crusaders, who play in the Super Rugby competition. The union also administers all club rugby within the region, including senior club rugby and school rugby. Canterbury has a proud history producing All Blacks, the most of any New Zealand region, with Scott Barrett becoming Canterb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Heywood
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Zach Gallagher
Zach Gallagher (born 4 September 2001) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for Canterbury and the . His playing position is lock Lock(s) may refer to: Common meanings *Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance *Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal Arts and entertainment * ''Lock .... He was the 2019 Head Prefect at Christ's College. Reference list External links * 2001 births New Zealand rugby union players Living people Rugby union locks Canterbury rugby union players Crusaders (rugby union) players {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-2000s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Dunshea
Mitchell Thomas William Dunshea (born 18 November 1995) is a New Zealand Rugby Union player who currently plays as a lock or loose forward for in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and the in the international Super Rugby competition. Early career Born in Hamilton, Dunshea moved south to New Zealand's South Island at a young age and attended Lincoln High School just outside Christchurch. He moved on to Lincoln University after graduating from high school where he began studying Sports and Recreation and turned out for their rugby side in the Canterbury local leagues. In 2015, he helped them to win their first Division 1 title since 1981. He also won the national colts title with Canterbury's under-20 side in 2014. Senior career Dunshea made his breakthrough in senior rugby playing for Canterbury in the 2015 ITM Cup where he played 11 times as they lifted the Premiership title with a 25–23 victory over in the final. A foot injury meant that he played no part in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Darry
Sam Darry is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the Canterbury in the Mitre 10 Cup competition. His position of choice is Lock Lock(s) may refer to: Common meanings *Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance *Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal Arts and entertainment * ''Lock .... References New Zealand rugby union players Living people Canterbury rugby union players Rugby union locks 2000 births Blues (Super Rugby) players {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codie Taylor
Codie Joshua Dane Taylor (born 31 March 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as a hooker for Crusaders in Super Rugby, Canterbury in the ITM Cup, and New Zealand internationally. Having grown up in Feilding and Levin before moving to Christchurch, he was a member of the Wider Training Squad for the 2012 Super Rugby season and he has subsequently been promoted to the senior squad for the 2013 season, before making his international debut in 2015. Taylor was the winner of Tom French Cup in 2018. He was also a nominee for the New Zealand Rugby Player of the Year in 2018. Playing career Early career 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, having surpassed Ben Funnell as the Crusaders' first-choice hooker suring the 2015 Super Rugby season. His first game for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brodie McAlister
Brodie McAlister (born in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the in Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem .... His playing position is hooker. He was named in the Crusaders squad for week 15 in 2019. Reference list External links itsrugby.co.uk profile New Zealand rugby union players Living people Rugby union hookers 1997 births Canterbury rugby union players Crusaders (rugby union) players {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shilo Klein
Shilo Klein is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the in Super Rugby and the San Diego Legion in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the U.S. His playing position is hooker. Klein was born in the United States. However, he was brought up in Christchurch, New Zealand Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ... where he attended St. Andrews College. Reference list External links itsrugby.co.uk profile New Zealand rugby union players Living people Rugby union hookers 1999 births Canterbury rugby union players Crusaders (rugby union) players San Diego Legion players North Harbour rugby union players {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Funnell
Benjamin Camden John Funnell (born 6 June 1990) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a hooker for in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and the in the international Super Rugby competition. Early career Born in Palmerston North in New Zealand's Manawatū-Whanganui region, Funnell grew up on a dairy farm in the small town of Opiki, 15 km to the south-west of his birthplace. He is a cousin of the Whitelock brothers; George, Adam, Sam and Luke who all went on to play for Canterbury and the Crusaders and attended the same primary school as the boys before attending Palmerston North Boys' High School, where he captained their rugby first XV, while the Whitelocks attended the rival Feilding High School. While in school, Funnell represented at under-18 level before heading south to Christchurch after graduation to study accounting at university. He joined the High School Old Boys side which compete in the local Canterbury club rugby competition an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bell (rugby Union)
George Bell (born 29 January 2002) is a New Zealand rugby union player, who plays for Crusaders. Early life Growing up in rural Shag Valley, just outside Waihemo in East Otago, George Bell first played for the Eastern Rugby Football Club in Waikouaiti. Having been an boarder in the John McGlashan College, Bell later joined the Lincoln University as he made it to the Crusaders academy. Club career Will still yet to play provincial rugby, George Bell was awarded his Super Rugby debut for the Crusaders on the 7 May 2022, replacing Ricky Jackson and scoring a try on debut during this 53-13 win against Western Force in Perth. International career George Bell is an under-20 international with New Zealand, having played 4 friendly games with the Baby blacks in 2021, against Wellington, Tasman, the Cook Islands and a Harlequins XV, as international junior competitions were halted by covid Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a vir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamaiti Williams
Tamaiti Patariki Thomas Williams (born 10 August 2000) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a prop for Canterbury in the National Provincial Championship competition, the Crusaders in the Super Rugby Pacific competition, and at international level for the Māori All Blacks and the New Zealand All Blacks. Early life Williams was born in Whangārei, New Zealand to father Johnny and mother Natalie. Of Māori descent, he affiliates to the Ngāpuhi iwi. He has two sisters, Kenya and Terina. The family moved to Perth when he was only a few months old, where he later schooled at Aranmore Catholic College, playing both rugby union and rugby league for Western Australia. In 2016, the family returned to New Zealand to live in Kāeo in the Far North where he attended Kerikeri High School, playing for their Condor 7s team. This led to Williams earning a scholarship to attend St. Kentigern College, for whom he continued to play rugby. Playing as a loose forward in his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fletcher Newell
Fletcher Newell (born 1 March 2000 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays Prop for the in Super Rugby and for the All Blacks in international matches. Biography Newell was educated at Rangiora High School. In 2019, Newell represented New Zealand at the Under 20 Championship in Argentina and was also named New Zealand's Rugby Age Grade Player of the Year. He was a member of the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup squad. Newell was named in the Crusaders squad and made his debut in the 2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season. Newell made his international debut for New Zealand on 13 August 2022 against South Africa at Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo .... Reference list External links Crusaders Profile* * 2000 births New Zealand rugby u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |