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North Harbour (Mitre 10 Cup)
North Harbour are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Albany, New Zealand. Established in 1985, they play in the National Provincial Championship. They play their home games at North Harbour Stadium in Albany. The team is affiliated with the Blues Super Rugby franchise and represents the area north of Auckland. Their home playing colours are white black and maroon. Current squad The North Harbour squad for the 2022 Bunnings NPC is: Honours North Harbour have never been overall Champions. Their full list of honours, though, include: ;National Provincial Championship Third Division *Winners: 1985 ;National Provincial Championship Second Division *Winners: 1987 ;Mitre 10 Cup Championship Division *Winners: 2016 Current Super Rugby players Players named in the 2022 North Harbour squad, who also earned contracts or were named in a squad for any side participating in the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season The 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season (known as Harv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Harbour Rugby Union
The North Harbour Rugby Union (NHRU), commonly known as North Harbour or simply Harbour, is the governing body of rugby union that encompasses a wide geographical area north of Auckland that includes North Shore City, Rodney District, the Hibiscus Coast and part of Waitakere City. There are 12 rugby clubs from Mahurangi RFC, based in Warkworth, Rodney District, in the north through to Massey the southernmost area of the union. The NHRU provincial rugby team that was formed in 1985 by clubs that left the Auckland Rugby Union. It competes in the Mitre 10 Cup, the successor to New Zealand's former domestic competition, the National Provincial Championship (NPC). History North Harbour was formed in 1985 by clubs that broke away from the Auckland Rugby Union. The Hibiscus flower was chosen as the new union's logo in reference to part of the union's catchment area - the Hibiscus Coast. The first side chosen to represent the union was an under 20 side who played Felbridge, a tourin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tevita Langi
Tevita is the Fijian and Tongan form of the name David. It may refer to: *Tevita Aholelei, IFBB professional bodybuilder *Tevita Folau (born 1985), professional Australian rugby league player *Tevita Leo-Latu (born 1981), professional rugby league footballer *Tevita Li (born 1995), New Zealand professional rugby union player *Tevita Mailau (born 1985), rugby union player who represents Auckland in the Air New Zealand Cup *Tevita Mara, Fijian career soldier, with the rank of lieutenant colonel as of early 2006 *Tevita Metuisela (born 1983), Australian professional rugby league player *Tevita Momoedonu, Fijian chief and has served as the fifth Prime Minister of Fiji twice *Tevita Ofahengaue (born 1975), the 246th and last pick in the 2001 NFL Draft *Tevita Taumoepeau (born 1974), Tongan international rugby union player *Tevita Tuʻifua (born 1975), Tongan rugby union prop * Tevita Uluilakeba III (1898–1966), the 12th Tui Nayau and Sau Ni Vanua of the Lau Islands *Tevita Vaʻenuku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isoa Nasilasila
Isoa Nasilasila (born 13 September 1999) is a Fijian rugby union player, currently playing for the . His preferred position is lock. Professional career Nasilasila was named in the Fijian Drua squad for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season. He made his debut for the in Round 1 of the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season The 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season (known as Harvey Norman Super Rugby Pacific in Australia and DHL Super Rugby Pacific in New Zealand) is the 27th season of Super Rugby, an annual rugby union competition organised by SANZAAR between teams fr ... against the . References External links * 1999 births Living people Fijian rugby union players Rugby union locks Fijian Drua players Fiji international rugby union players North Harbour rugby union players 2023 Rugby World Cup players {{Fiji-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Kalapu
Felix Kalapu (born 27 September 1999) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the in Super Rugby. His playing position is lock or flanker. He was named in the Force squad for the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season. He was also named in the squad for the 2022 Bunnings NPC. Kalapu was born in Auckland, and attended Auckland Grammar School. He played for from 2021 to 2022, before joining in 2022. After featuring for during the 2022 pre-season, he joined Old Glory DC for the 2022 Major League Rugby season The 2022 Major League Rugby season is the fifth season of Major League Rugby, the professional rugby union competition sanctioned by USA Rugby. The regular season began on February 5, 2022. The Dallas Jackals made their debut this season, h .... He signed for the Force in August 2022 on a three-year deal. Reference list External linksitsrugby.co.uk profile New Zealand rugby union players Living people 1999 births Rugby union locks Rugby union flanke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Drake
Danny Drake (born 25 March 1995) is a New Zealand rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ... player who last played for the Scarlets in the Pro14 competition. His position of choice is lock. References External links itsrugby.co.uk profile New Zealand rugby union players Living people Scarlets players 1995 births Rugby union locks North Harbour rugby union players Gloucester Rugby players Doncaster Knights players Rugby union players from the London Borough of Waltham Forest Southland rugby union players New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England People from Leytonstone {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Curry (rugby Union)
Michael Curry (born 2 March 1994) is a Samoan rugby union player who plays for in the Bunnings NPC and in Super Rugby. His position is lock or flanker. He previously represented the Colorado Raptors during the 2020 Major League Rugby season. Curry was educated at Nelson College Nelson College is the oldest state secondary school in New Zealand. It is an all-boys school in the City of Nelson that teaches from years 9 to 13. In addition, it runs a private preparatory school for year 7 and 8 boys. The school also has ... from 2011 to 2012. References External linksitsrugby.co.uk profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Curry, Michael Samoan rugby union players 1994 births Living people Rugby union locks Rugby union flankers Tasman rugby union players American Raptors players Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi players Moana Pasifika players Samoa international rugby union players North Harbour rugby union players People educated at Nelson College Samoan expatriate rugby u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luteru Tolai
Luteru Tolai (born 1 June 1998) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a hooker for Pro D2 club Biarritz. Born in New Zealand, he represents Samoa at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds. Early life Tolai was educated at St Peter's College, Auckland and played rugby for the school. Club career He was named in the Blues side in round 5 in 2020. He also plays for the Super Rugby franchise, Moana Pasifika Moana Pasifika is a rugby union team made up of players from various Pacific island nations as well as New Zealand or Australian born players of Pasifika heritage, including Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and the Cook Islands. The team was originally creat .... References External links * 1998 births Rugby union players from Auckland Samoan rugby union players Samoa international rugby union players New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent Living people Rugby union hookers Blues (Super Rugby) pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Niuia
Raymond 'Ray' Niuia (born 1991) is a New Zealand born Samoan rugby union player who currently plays for Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby. He has also played for both the and the . His position of choice is Hooker. Bunnings NPC Niuia made 26 appearances and scored 10 points for in 4 seasons. In 2018 Niuia his debut for the Tasman Mako against at Lansdowne Park. Niuia made 10 appearances for the Mako in the 2018 season as the side finished third in the premiership division. Niuia missed the 2019 Mitre 10 Cup due to commitments with Samoa and the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup with injury as the Mako won back to back premiership titles. Niuia signed with the Manawatu Turbos for the 2021 Bunnings NPC. Super Rugby Niuia was named in the 2019 squad but only played 1 game before being named in the squad for the 2020 Super Rugby season. He suffered a season ending injury on his Blues debut. Niuia finally returned from injury in Round 5 of the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition in 2021 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Fonokalafi
Jay Fonokalafi (born 9 December 1995) is a Tongan rugby union player. Rugby career A forward, Fonokalafi plays mainly as a hooker or prop and played for North Harbour in the 2022 National Provincial Championship season. He moved to Sydney in 2023 and joined the Western Sydney Two Blues, from where he was called up by the NSW Waratahs, making his Super Rugby debut against the Blues in the 2024 season. International Fonokalafi competes in Test rugby for Tonga, scoring a try on debut in a World Cup qualifier against Samoa in Hamilton. See also *List of Tonga national rugby union players List of Tonga national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Tonga national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match. Note that the "position" column lists the position at which ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fonokalafi, Jay 1995 births Living people Tongan rugby union players Tonga international rug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Tu'inukuafe
George Zvi Karl Tu'inukuafe (born 21 February 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays for the in Super Rugby, and for North Harbour in the Mitre 10 Cup. His position of choice is loosehead prop. He has previously represented the Chiefs in Super Rugby, Narbonne in the French Rugby Pro Division 2 and has also earned 13 test caps for New Zealand since his international debut in 2018. Tu'inukuafe was also a nominee for World Rugby's Breakthrough Player of the Year award in 2018. Early life Tu'inukuafe is an ex-pupil of Wesley College and played for their 1st XV Rugby team alongside current Blues teammate Nepo Laulala, as well as former All Blacks Malakai Fekitoa and Augustine Pulu. Tu'inukuafe worked as a Security Guard prior to signing to play for the North Harbour Rugby Union in 2015. Playing career Early career Tu'inukuafe rose to prominence in the 2018 Super Rugby season when he was selected for the Chiefs as injury cover after season-ending inju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalolo Tuiloma
Kalolo E. Tuiloma (born 24 June 1990) is a New Zealand born Samoan rugby union player. His position is Tighthead prop. Early career Born in Wellington, but raised in the suburbs of Auckland, Tuiloma originally played in the number eight position for Aorere College before heading south to complete his schooling at Timaru Boys' High School where he played in the 1st XV. After school, he played Heartland Championship rugby with South Canterbury in 2013, however soon after his career went on a downward spiral. Unable to crack the ITM Cup team, he turned to food and alcohol and saw his weight balloon to 181 kg. Seeking help he moved back to the Auckland area to be closer to his family and joined the Bombay Rugby club who were at the time coached by Darryl Suasua. Suasua saw Tuiloma's potential to be a prop forward and began converting him from a loose forward to a front rower. While at Bombay, he helped them to win the McNamara Cup, Counties Manukau's Premier club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatongia Paea
Fatongia Paea (born 1 January 2000) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for Houston SaberCats in the Major League Rugby. His playing position is prop A prop, formally known as (theatrical) property, is an object used on stage or screen by actors during a performance or screen production. In practical terms, a prop is considered to be anything movable or portable on a stage or a set, distinct .... Reference list External linksitsrugby.co.uk profile 2000 births New Zealand rugby union players Living people Rugby union props Auckland rugby union players North Harbour rugby union players Houston SaberCats players New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in the United States Utah Warriors players {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-2000s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
