Brendan Derek Te Oranga Haami (born 4 December 1974) is a New Zealand former professional

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. Born in Stratford, Taranaki, Haami was a diminutive half-back and is known by the nickname "Knackers". Haami, NZ Maori representative, played 93 matches for Taranaki, debuting in 1997. He appeared for New Zealand in the

1999–2000 World Sevens Series The 1999–2000 World Sevens Series was the first season of the World Rugby Sevens Series, global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the World Rugby, International Rugby Board (now known as World Rugby). The series ran f ...

. A Hurricanes player, Haami made most of his Super 12 appearances from 2001 to 2003, while an understudy to

Jason Spice Jason Edward Spice (born 7 December 1974) is a New Zealand international rugby union player and first-class cricketer. His position of choice is as a scrum-half. Spice was born in Matamata, NZ. He is a former New Zealand age-group cricketer wh ...

. He had a stint in England at Rotherham in 2004–05 and played briefly with Wellington on his return to New Zealand, as cover for Piri Weepu, before finishing his career back at Taranaki.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haami, Brendan 1974 births Living people New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby sevens players Rugby union scrum-halves Hurricanes (rugby union) players Taranaki rugby union players Wellington rugby union players Rotherham Titans players New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England Rugby union players from Stratford, New Zealand