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Tasman (National Provincial Championship)
Tasman (often known as the Tasman Mako and formerly Tasman Makos) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, New Zealand. Established in 2006, they play in the National Provincial Championship. They play their home games at Lansdowne Park in Blenheim or Trafalgar Park in Nelson, both in the Tasman region. The team is affiliated with the Crusaders Super Rugby franchise. Their home playing colours are red and blue. Current squad The Tasman Mako squad for the 2022 Bunnings NPC. Honours Tasman have been overall Champions twice, winning the title in 2019 and 2020. Their full list of honours include: ; ITM Cup Championship Division *Winners: 2013 ;Mitre 10 Cup Premiership Division *Winners: 2019, 2020 Current Super Rugby players Players named in the 2022 Tasman Mako 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 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasman Rugby Union
The Tasman Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, a bay at the north end of the South Island in New Zealand. Headquartered in Nelson, TRU is New Zealand's newest provincial union, founded in 2006 with the amalgamation of the existing Marlborough and Nelson Bays sub unions. The union's premier team is the Tasman Mako which compete in New Zealand's provincial rugby competition, the Bunnings NPC. Club rugby There are 22 clubs in the Tasman Union. History When the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) reviewed the domestic competitions in 2005, a new 14 team premier division of competition was created, as the Air New Zealand Cup, taking the place of the National Provincial Championship (NPC). The restructured domestic competition opened the door for the Nelson Bays and Marlborough Rugby Unions to form a relationship, forming one organisation in an attempt to be awarded a position in the new competition. Early years: 2006 to 2010 A Tas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Hemisphere competitions dating back to the South Pacific Championship in 1986, with teams from a number of southern nations, the Super Rugby started as the Super 12 in the 1996 season with 12 teams from 3 countries: Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The Super 12 was established by SANZAR after the sport became professional in 1995. At its peak the tournament featured the top players from nations representing 16 of the 24 top-three finishes in the history of the Rugby World Cup. After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the competition to split into three, the reformed competition in 2021 and beyond will only include Oceanian clubs representing Australia, New Zealand and from the Pacific islands (specifically a Fijian team, and a New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viliami Napa'a
Viliami Napa'a is a Tongan rugby union player who plays for in the Bunnings NPC. His position is Lock. Career Born in Tonga, Napa'a moved to New Zealand where he was educated at Marlborough Boys' College. Napa'a made his debut for Tasman against at Trafalgar Park in a non competition match, coming off the bench in a 26–9 win for the Mako. The side went on to make the premiership final before losing 23–20 to . He was named in the squad for the 2022 Bunnings NPC The 2022 Bunnings NPC season is the seventeenth season of New Zealand's provincial rugby union competition, the National Provincial Championship, since it turned professional in 2006. It involves the top fourteen provincial rugby unions of New ... as a development player. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Napaa, Viliami Tongan rugby union players Living people Rugby union locks Tasman rugby union players People educated at Marlborough Boys' College Year of birth missing (living people) Moana Pasifika p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taya Brown
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Sam Moli
Samiuela Moli is a New Zealand born Tongan rugby union player who plays for the Tasman Mako in the Bunnings NPC and Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby. His position of choice is Hooker. Tasman Moli made his debut for in Round 9 of the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup against . In September 2020 Moli was named in the Tasman Mako squad for the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup. The Mako went on to win their second premiership title in a row, with Moli coming off the bench in a 12-13 victory against in the final. Moli made only a few appearances during the 2021 Bunnings NPC as Tasman made the final before losing 23–20 to . Tonga Moli was named in the Tonga national rugby union team squad to play New Zealand and Samoa in July 2021. He made his debut against the All Blacks in a 102–0 loss for Tonga. Moana Pasifika Moli signed with Moana Pasifika for 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 P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Makalio
Andrew Makalio (born 22 January 1992) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a hooker for in the Bunnings NPC and the in the Super Rugby competition. Early career Originally from Auckland, Makalio started playing rugby at the age of 15 while attending Onehunga High School. He made his way through the Auckland club rugby scene and was named man of the match as his side, Grammar TEC lifted the Gallaher Shield in 2015. Unable to crack the Mitre 10 Cup team, he headed south to play for Marlborough based side Harlequins in 2016. Senior career Makalio's move south proved to be a fruitful one as after just one season in Marlborough club rugby, he was chosen to replace the departing Quentin MacDonald in the Tasman Mako squad for the 2016 Mitre 10 Cup. He instantly established himself as the first choice in the number 2 jersey, making 11 appearances, 10 of them from the start and scoring 2 tries as the Mako finished as Premiership runners up in 2016. He was part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isi Tuʻungafasi
Isileli J. Tuungafasi (born 10 January 1995) is a Tongan born New Zealand rugby union player who plays for in the Bunnings NPC and in Super Rugby. His playing position is prop. He is the brother of Ofa Tuungafasi, another rugby union player. Career Tuungafasi started his career playing for playing 19 games across 3 seasons before he moved north to where he played another 21 games. He was a late addition to the Crusaders squad for round 6 of the 2019 Super Rugby season. In 2020 he was named in the squad. He moved Mitre 10 Cup teams again for the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup, this time to making his debut for the Mako in Round 1 against . The Mako went on to win the premiership title in 2020 for the second time in a row. Tuungafasi played only 2 games for the Crusaders during the 2021 season due to strong performances by fellow props Joe Moody, George Bower and Tamaiti Williams. In October 2021 Tuungafasi signed with for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season. He played a crucial role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kershawl Sykes-Martin
Kershawl J. Sykes-Martin (born 26 April 1999) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for in the Bunnings NPC and the in Super Rugby. His position is prop. Career Sykes-Martin made his debut for in Round 1 of the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup against at Pukekohe Stadium, coming off the bench in a 24-41 win for the Mako. He played another 2 matches for the side in 2020 as they went on to win their second premiership title in a row. Sykes-Martin was ruled out of the 2021 Bunnings NPC with injury. The Mako went on to make the final before losing 23–20 to . Sykes-Martin was called into the squad during the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season The 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season (known as Harvey Norman Super Rugby Pacific in Australia, Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific in Fiji and DHL Super Rugby Pacific in New Zealand) is the 28th season of Super Rugby, an annual rugby union competition ... and made his debut for the side in Round 3 against the . Reference list External linksitsrugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Salmon
Isaac Arapata Salmon (born 5 September 1996) is a New Zealand rugby union player, who currently plays as a prop for in New Zealand's National Provincial Championship. He also plays for New Orleans Gold in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States. Salmon was educated at Nelson College from 2011 to 2014. Career While not included in the squad that was named for the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup season, Salmon made his debut for the Mako on 27 August 2017 against . He went on to play 6 games for the province in his first season. He was named in the squad for the 2018 Super Rugby season, but did not play. Salmon was part of the Tasman team that won the Mitre 10 Cup in 2019 for the first time. He was again part of the Mako side that won their second premiership title in a row in 2020. Tasman again made the final in 2021, with Salmon coming off the bench, but the Mako this time lost 20–23 to . In 2022 and 2023, Salmon played for Toronto Arrows in Major League Rugby. Salmon was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atu Moli
Atunaisa Moli (born 12 June 1995) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a Prop for the in Super Rugby and in the Bunnings NPC. He has represented the New Zealand national rugby union team the All Blacks. Starting his career as a Tighthead Prop, Moli converted to Loosehead Prop during his professional career. Moli made his debut for New Zealand in 2017, earning a recall in 2019 after a spell of injury and made their team for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Early career Moli was born in the North Island town of Gisborne, but attended Marlborough Boys' College in the South Island town of Blenheim. He is of Tongan descent. While attending college, he represented Marlborough at under 16 and at under 18 level before moving to Waikato after graduation and representing them at under 19 level. Senior career Moli debuted for Waikato during the 2015 ITM Cup in a match against on 14 August after starring as a school boy. Hindered by a foot injury, he only played 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Matenga
Samuel Israel Matenga (born 8 May 1998) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the Tasman Mako in the Bunnings NPC competition and the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby. His position of choice is prop. Tasman Matenga made his debut for in Round 5 of the 2019 Mitre 10 Cup against at Pukekohe Stadium in Auckland. He played 3 games for Tasman in 2019. In September 2020 he was named in the Tasman Mako squad for the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup. Matenga was part of the side as the Mako went on to win their second premiership title in a row. He had a stand out season in the 2021 Bunnings NPC The 2021 Bunnings NPC season was the sixteenth season of New Zealand's provincial rugby union competition since it turned professional in 2006. The regular season began on August 6, when Manawatu (National Provincial Championship), Manawatu hos ... as Tasman again made the premiership final, this time losing to 23–20. References External linksitsrugby.co.uk profile {{DE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrel Lomax
Tyrel Shae Lomax (born 16 March 1996) is an Australian born New Zealand rugby union player who plays for in the Bunnings NPC and the in the Super Rugby. His regular playing position is prop. He is the son of former New Zealand (Kiwis) rugby league , John Lomax. Career Lomax started his rugby career in Australia and made the Australia national under-20 rugby union team. He signed a two year contract with the Melbourne Rebels. Lomax made his debut for the side against the Blues, coming off the bench in a 58–16 loss for the Rebels. Lomax moved back to New Zealand after spending time there during his childhood and joined Bunnings NPC side during the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup, making his debut against at Forsyth Barr Stadium. The Highlanders announced the signing of the former Melbourne Rebels player in September 2017 committing his future to New Zealand rugby. It was announced in May 2019 that Lomax had signed with the Hurricanes for the 2020 Super Rugby season. He was part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
