Auckland - a brief rugby history

Founded: 1883
Colours: Jersey: Blue & white hoops Shorts: White Socks: Blue & White hoops
Main ground: Eden Park, Auckland
President: Eroni Clarke
Chairman: Stuart M Mather
CEO: Jarrod M Bear

Website: www.aucklandrugby.co.nz

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Auckland Rugby Results 1973 - 2020 (PDF) Updated 20/3/21

Order of Merit 1973 - 2020: (PDF's)               Updated 20/3/21
50 or more Games played
10 or more Tries:    scored per game
100 or more Points:    scored per Game

Auckland v's Others Stats (PDF) Updated 23/4/20

Auckland NPC Statistics 1973 - 2020 (PDF) Updated 20/3/21

Auckland Non NPC 1973 - 2020 (PDF) Updated 20/3/21

Auckland B Statistics 1973 - 2020 (PDF) Updated 20/3/21

Coaches coaching records 1973 - 2020 (PDF) Updated 20/3/21

The most appearances is by H L (Snow) White (196) from 1949 – 1963
The most points scored is by Grant Fox (2,746) from 1982 – 1993
The most tries scored is by Terry Wright (112) from 1984 – 1993

Clubs that form the Union are:
Click on the names to access each club's website

Club Name	Founded	Colours

Referees		Jersey: Shorts: Socks:
College Rifles	1897	Navy Blue & White
East Tamaki	1962	Red White & Emerald Green
Eden	1922	Yellow, Black & White
Grammar TEC	2013	Jersey: White, Sky Blue & Black Shorts: Black Socks: Black with Sky Blue Band & Green & Yellow hoops
Manukau Rovers	1885	Black, Red & White
Marist	1908	Light Blue, Dark Blue & Scarlett
Maungarua	2013	Gold, Royal Blue, Green White
Otahuhu		Red & Black
Pakuranga	1965	Orange & Green
Papatoetoe	1946	Red & White
Ponsonby	1874	Blue & Black Hoops
Roskill		Red, Black & White
Suburbs	1916	Red & Blue
Teachers Eastern	1985
University	1888	Royal Blue, Silver & White
Waiheke		Green, White with Gold collar
Waitakere	2000	Maroon, White, Gold & Green
Waitemata	1888	Black, Green & Red

Endorsements

It gives me great pleasure to write this character reference about this website. There would not be a person in this country who doesn’t know that rugby is the national game of New Zealand. The passion runs deep and the profile and exposure of the sport is without peer. A fair chunk of our heroes come from the game and nothing affects the mental psychology of the people more than rugby. Not even politics.

Because of this rich feeling, discussions in society are often based around the game and on the players involved. Memories tend to play tricks on people. They can fade and forget and get things muddled up. For nearly 90 years New Zealand rugby enthusiasts have been superbly served by the Rugby Almanack. It remains the definitive source of information from each season despite the advancement of technology.

However, we must accept that technology has advanced and like rugby, we therefore need to embrace the good that comes with that change. www.rugbyhistory.co.nz is the best rugby history site that is available. It provides comprehensive records of the All Blacks, all the Super rugby sides and most impressively of all, places a large emphasis on the national provincial competition, which remains such a crucial part of the fabric in New Zealand.

Kery Geertson’s dedication to this growing rugby treasure can not be denied. It continues to grow, mature and impress. To paraphrase the late, great Terry McLean www.rugbyhistory.co.nz should be stored as a favourite website for every rugby lover; it provides facts and fairness and hours of one of life’s greatest pleasures – browsing.

Grant Hassall
Wannabe Rugby Historian
New Plymouth

Thanks for this great work. I hope you can soon raise the funding you need to expand these rugby records.

Hi Kerry
I just came across your website ......it is amazing.
Michael O'Dwyer
Tipperary, Ireland

We are burying a good friend and ex-southland rugby player this Friday in Invercargill with many of the local rugby men that feature on your site (we have checked!) no doubt will be attending also. We just happened to be googling his name to see if any rugby info came up and your history site came up from that. It was great to see how many games he had played and when.
A wonderful source of information. Keep up the great work.

Kind regards,
Jo MacDonald

I have seen the development of the website http://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/ over the past 12 months and genuinely believe it has the potential to become the online portal for rugby history and statistics in New Zealand. Outside of the Rugby Almanack there is nowhere that rugby followers can go to gain such information, and there is certainly nowhere online that comes close to the level of detail that Kerry’s website provides.

With a bit of support I think http://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/ can become the most comprehensive rugby database in the country, and in the process protect the legacy of our national game.

Hamish Forsman
Waikato Rugby Union Media Executive & Historian

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Testimonial

Just wanted to drop you a line to say that Trevor Howard from New Zealand Rugby has advised me/us (fellow REO’s) of your website. I have had the chance to go through it and must say that you have done an outstanding job in collating and publishing this information. I have, in turn, shared it with all my referees in my regions (for which there are a number of referees in your data base) and I have nothing but praise and complements for what you have done.

Often referees (and players) simply drop off the system and the only records are in books and word of mouth (especially the less known personnel) but for them (and me), to search through and find our names and details of our 1st class accomplishment is very flattering and a sense of pride is established as we show our children or colleagues/friends of years gone by. Of course this is helped by the ease of access (as opposed to searching through books and magazines).

Thanks again for your efforts (for which I can only imagine are enormous) and I hope you continue to enter the details and expand your website.

John Dustow (JD)
Referee Education Officer (REO)
Counties Manukau Rugby Football Union/Thames Valley Rugby Football Union.

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