Simon David Culhane

Surname:

Culhane

First names:

Simon David

Known by:

Nibs

All Black Player No:

946

All Black games played:

All Black years:

1995 - 1996

Clubs:

Invercargill
Invercargill (Southland)

Provincial teams:

Southland 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
Otago 1997, 1999
NZ Divisional XV 1993
NZ Divisional Team 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996
NZ XV 1995

Super teams:

Highlanders 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

Provincial captain:

Southland 1996, 1997

Biography:

1988: 1/5 - 6 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1989: 1/5 - 11 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1990: 1/5 - 5 games - 2 tries, 1 C, 3 P (19 pts)
1991: 1/5 - 7 games - 2 tries, 13 C, 21 P, 2 DG (103 pts)
1992: 1/5 - 13 games - 4 tries (1 @ 4), 23 C, 26 P, 1 DG (146 pts)
1992: NZ Divisional XV: 1/5 - 1 game
1993: 1/5 [12], 2/5 [1] - 13 games - 1 try, 20 C, 26 P, 3 DG (132 pts)
1993: Probables: 1st game: 1/5 - 1 game - 2 C, 2 P (10 pts)
1993: NZ Divisional XV: 1/5 - 2 games - 9 C, 2 P (24 pts)
1993: NZ Divisional Team: 1/5 - 4 games - 13 C, 12 P (62 pts)
1994: 1/5 - 13 games - 1 try, 27 C, 40 P, 5 DG (194 pts)
1995: AB's: 1/5 - 4 tests, 2 tour games - 1 try, 31 C [20 in 1 game},
17 P, 1 DG (121 pts)
1995: 1/5 - 9 games - 1 try, 7 C, 25 P, 1 DG (97 pts)
1995: Probables: 1/5 - 1 game - 6 C (12 pts)
1995: NZ Divisional Team: 1/5 - 5 games - 2 tries, 19 C, 10 P (78 pts)
1995: Sth island XV: 1/5 - 1 game - 1 C, 4 P (14 pts)
1995: NZ XV: 1/5 - 1 game - 3 C, 4 P (18 pts)
1996: AB's: 1/5 - 2 tests, 1 tour game - 7 C, 5 P (29 pts)
1996: Hi: 1/5 - 2 games - 3 C, 4 P, 2 DG (24 pts)
1996: 1/5 - 8 games - 1 try, 20 C, 14 P, 3 DG (96 pts)
1996: NZ Divisional Team: 1/5 - 2 games - 1 try, 3 C, 4 P (23 pts)
1996: Northland Invitation XV: 1/5 - 1 game - 2 C, 2 P (10 pts)
1996: Manawatu Invitation XV: 1/5 - 1 game - 4 P (12 pts)
1997: Hi: 1/5 - 5 games - 7 C, 19 P (71 pts)
1997: Ot: 1/5 [4], Sub [1] - 5 games - 18 C, 9 P (63 pts)
1997: Sthl: 1/5 - 11 games - 2 tries, 38 C, 19 P (143 pts)
1998: Hi: 1/5 [5], Sub [1] - 6 games - 1 try, 7 C, 23 P, 1 DG (91 pts)
1998: 1/5 - 7 games - 9 C, 8 P (42 pts)
1999: Hi: 1/5 [2], Sub [1] - 3 games - 1 C, 8 P (26 pts)
1999: Sub - 1 game - 1 C, 2 P (8 pts)

Sub Total: AB's: 6 tests, 3 tour games (150 pts):
Super: 16 games (212 pts):
Prov: Ot: 6 games (71 pts): Sthl 103 games (980 pts):
Others: 20 games (253 pts)

Total: 154 games (1,666 pts)

1994: 2nd Division Player of the Year

Endorsement

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

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