Hawke's Bay Rugby Union
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| Full name | Hawke's Bay Rugby Union | |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Magpies | |
| Founded | 1884 (1884) | |
| Location | Napier | |
| Region | Hurricanes | |
| Ground(s) | McLean Park (Capacity: 19,700) | |
| Chairman | Brendan Mahony | |
| Coach(es) | Mark Ozich | |
| Captain(s) | Ash Dixon | |
| League(s) | Mitre 10 Cup Premiership Farah Palmer Cup | |
| 2018 | 3rd in the Championship. | |
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| Official website | ||
| www.hbmagpies.co.nz | ||
The Hawke's Bay Rugby Union (HBRU) is the governing body of rugby union in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand. The union is based in Napier.
Contents
1 Representative rugby
2 History
2.1 Super rugby application
3 Club rugby
4 Hawke's Bay in Air New Zealand Cup
5 Social Media
6 Current squad
7 Hawke's Bay All Black players 2010’s
8 Records
8.1 Most appearances
8.2 Most points
8.3 Most tries
9 Hawke's Bay All Blacks
10 Notes
11 References
12 External links
Representative rugby
The representative team of the HBRFU is the Hawke's Bay Magpies. The team jersey is white with black hoops. The Magpies' home ground is McLean Park in Napier.
Hawke's Bay was one of the strongest teams in the second division of the former NPC for many years prior to the formation of the Air New Zealand Cup, winning the second division title several times but never being able to make it back into the first division.
Hawke's Bay has a women's team called the Hawke's Bay Tuis, which are a part of Farah Palmer Cup.
History
The Hawke's Bay team of 1889
The Hawke's Bay Rugby Union was founded in 1884. This makes it the oldest Provincial Rugby Union outside the four main centres. Hawke's Bay has a very good Ranfurly Shield record with 24 defences from 1922 to 1927, 21 successful defences between 1966 and 1969 as well as 2 defences in 1934.[1] Hawke's Bay won the shield again, claiming it from Otago, on 1 September 2013.[2] They lost the shield soon after to Counties-Manukau, before winning it back from them in August 2014.[3] Hawke's Bay's glory days as a rugby union came long before the NPC was founded. As such Hawke's Bay does not have a very flattering record in either that competition or the Air New Zealand Cup. The best position they have managed in either is 3rd. Hawke's Bay dominated the second division of the NPC in the 1990s before the Air New Zealand Cup was set up in 2006.
In 1996, Hawke's Bay and Manawatu merged their teams to form the Central Vikings. It was an attempt to elevate the unions back to the then first division. Players including Mark "Bull" Allen, Christian Cullen, Mark Ranby, Stephen Bachop and Roger Randle featured in the team. The 1997 season saw Central finish overall second with 6 wins, 2 losses and into the semi-finals. In the semi-final, the Vikings avenged their loss to Bay of Plenty in round robin play to face Northland in the final. Northland won the final 63–10. Northland were thus promoted to the First Division. However, had the Vikings won, they would not have been eligible to be promoted. 1998 saw a repeat of form for the Vikings who went unbeaten in the season. They subsequently won the final against Bay of Plenty at McLean Park, Napier and were promoted to First Division. However, due to financial issues, the merger split back to Hawke's Bay and Manawatu. Both unions subsequently became foundation unions of the Air New Zealand Cup which started in 2006.
In the past Hawke's Bay has produced some great All Blacks including Kel Tremain and George Nepia. Hawke's Bay also defeated the 1993 British Lions and in 1994 defeated France (who beat the All Blacks twice in that same tour).
Super rugby application
In 2009, Hawke's Bay announced they intended to apply to join the Super Rugby competition, when it was announced a fifteenth franchise was to be created. However, in August 2009 the club's chairman Richard Hunt announced they were withdrawing their bid because they had not had sufficient time to present a business plan.[4] He insisted the club remained very serious about joining the club in the future.[5] Hawke's Bay would be New Zealand's sixth team if they were to join Super Rugby[citation needed]. With the announcement that New Zealand might receive a 6th Super Franchise in the SANZAR Super Rugby competition beginning 2016, the Hawke's Bay union has announced its interest in forming this franchise together with Manawatu therefore effectively resurrecting the Central Vikings brand as a Super Rugby franchise.
Club rugby
2018 Nash Cup Champions (Premier) - Napier Old Boys Marist RFC
2018 Maddison Trophy Champions (Premier) - Clive Rugby and Sports Club
2018 Pratt Trophy Champions (Premier Reserve/Division 2, Town/Country) – Otane Sports Club
2018 Jack Swain Cup Champions (Premier Reserve) - Napier Old Boys Marist RFC
2018 Arthur Bowman Cup Champions (Division 2) - Otane Sports Club
2018 Maury Coady Cup Champions (Division 3) - Havelock North Rugby Club
2018 Ron Parker Memorial Trophy Champions (Division 3) - Hastings Rugby and Sports Club
2018 Arthur Brown Cup Champions (Colts) - Hastings Rugby and Sports Club
2018 Pat Ryan Memorial Trophy Champions (Colts) - Taradale Rugby & Sports Club
2018 Marsh Cup Champions (Women's) - Clive Rugby and Sports Club
2018 Champions Cup Champions (Women's) - Clive Rugby and Sports Club
Hawke's Bay in Air New Zealand Cup
Hawke's Bay made their debut, along with Tasman, Manawatu and Counties-Manukau, in the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup which had 14 teams. Hawkes Bay made their best effort to date in the 2007 Air New Zealand Cup winning many games even against bigger unions such as Wellington and Waikato. They were the fairytale story of the competition surprising everyone to reach the semi-finals where they were beaten by Auckland. They repeated this form in the 2008 and 2009 seasons where they were again beaten semi-finalists. This form in back to back seasons attracted warranted attention and many Hawke's Bay players were awarded with Super 14 contracts, both for the Hurricanes and elsewhere.
Social Media
Official Facebook account: Hawkes Bay Magpies
Official Twitter account: Hawke's Bay Magpies
Unofficial Twitter account: Hawke's Bay Magpies
Current squad
The Hawke's Bay squad for the 2018 Mitre 10 Cup is:[6]
| Hawke's Bay squad | ||
|---|---|---|
Props
Hookers
Locks
| Loose forwards
Halfbacks (Scrum-halves)
First Five-Eighths (Fly-halves)
| Midfielders (Centres)
Outside Backs
|
(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped |
Hawke's Bay All Black players 2010’s
Israel Dagg 2010-
Zac Guildford 2009-2012
Brodie Retallick 2012-
Records
Most appearances
- 158 – Neil Thimbleby 1959–71
- 147 – Hunt R.J. (Richard) 1967–83
- 125 – Hunter R.P. (Robbie) 1971–82
- 120 – Stuart R.L. (Robbie) 1967–80
- 111 – Crawford O. (Orcades) 1988–2000
- 108 – Davis W.L. (Bill) 1961–71
- 100 – Crawford K.K. (Karaan) 1964–71
- 100 – Paewai M.R. (Murdoch) 1991–2003
- 100 - Ahipene V.C (Victim) 1960 - 1972
Most points
- 1007 – J.B. (Jarod) Cunningham 1990–98
- 631 – Bishop I.R. (Ian) 1963–72
- 628 - Ihaia West 2012-2017
- 435 – Small A.G. (Tony) 1957–65
- 386 – O'Shaughnessy P.G. (Peter) 1981–90
- 343 – Cooper M.J.A (Matthew) 1985–89
- 339 – Bert Grenside 1919–31
- 311 – Hunter R.P. (Robbie) 1971–82
- 304 – Manawatu T.J. (Tim) 2001–03
Most tries
- 74 – Bert Grenside 1919–31
- 68 – Hunter R.P. (RobbieE) 1971–82
- 55 – Davis W.L. (Bill) 1961–71
- 50 – Tremain K.R. (Kelvin) 1962–70
- 45 – Cooke P.J. (Paul) 1985–89
- 44 – Smith D.B. (Dennis) 1964–70
Hawke's Bay All Blacks
- Albert William Bowman
- Cyril James Brownlie
- Jack Laurence 'Laurie' Brownlie
- Maurice John Brownlie
- Jackie Blake
- William Reuben 'Bill' Collins
- Ben Franks
- Albert Edward 'Bert' Cooke
- Matthew James Andrew 'Matt' Cooper
- Thomas George 'Tommy' Corkill
- Israel Dagg
- Douglas 'Doug' Dalton
- William Leslie 'Bill' Davis
- Mark Donaldson
- Michael Gordon 'Mick' Duncan
- Hikawera Te Po 'Hika' Elliot
- David Alexander Evans
- Bryn Evans
- Harry Frederick Frazer
- Blair Donald Marie Furlong
- Samuel William Gemmell
- Bert Grenside
- Zac Guildford
- Graeme Higginson
- Norman Jason 'Norm' Hewitt
- William Richard 'Bull' Irvine
- Everard Stanley Jackson
- Alexander Kirkpatrick
- Ian Robert MacRae
- Hawea Karepa Mataira
- James 'Jim' McCormick
- John Alexander 'Jack' McNab
- James Joseph 'Jimmy' Mill
- George Nepia
- Jack Ormond
- Lui Paewai
- Sana Torium 'Tori' Reid
- Brodie Retallick
- Patrick John 'Pat' Ryan
- Mark William Shaw
- Frank Nuki Ken Shelford
- Edward Richard George 'Dick' Steere
- Robert Locksdale 'Robbie' Stuart
- John Patterson 'Tuna' Swain
- Kenneth John 'Ken' Taylor
- Mark Taylor
- Neil William Thimbleby
- Hoeroa Tiopira
- Kelvin Robin Tremain
Notes
^ Romanos (2001), p.192.
^ Fairfax NZ News (1 September 2013). "Hawke's Bay claim Ranfurly Shield glory". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 1 September 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ ESPN Scrum (30 August 2014). "Counties Manukau v Hawke's Bay at Pukekohe". www.espnscrum.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
^ "Rugby: Hawke's Bay ditch Super 15 bid". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
^ Hawke's Bay drops Super rugby bid
^ "2018 Magpies Squad Announced". Hawke's Bay Rugby Union. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
References
Romanos, Joseph (2001), New Zealand Sporting Records & Lists, Auckland, New Zealand: Hodder Moa Beckett, ISBN 1-86958-879-7.- http://www.espnscrum.com/newzealand/rugby/team/25937.html
External links
- Official website
Hawke's Bay rugby (NZHistory.net.nz)