Te Rua Reihana Tipoki

Surname:

Tipoki

First names:

Te Rua Reihana

Known by:

Rua

Clubs:

(Ak), Gisborne Pirates (PB), Waiapu
Helensville, Glenfield
Hamilton Marist (Waikato)

Provincial teams:

East Coast 1997, 2011, 2012
North Harbour 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006
Bay of Plenty 2004
NZ A 2000
NZ Maori 2005, 2007

Super teams:

Blues 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006
Highlanders 2000
Crusaders 2007

Provincial captain:

North Harbour 2005, 2006
East Coast 2011, 2012

Country captain:

NZ Maori 2007

Biography:

1997: EC: 2/5 - 1 game - 1 try (5 pts)
1997: NH: 2/5 [5], Wing [1], Sub [1] - 7 games
1997: NZ Maori Trial: Wing - 1 game
1998: 2/5 [3], Centre [2], Wing [6], Sub [1] - 12 games - 2 tries (10 pts)
1998: NZ Maori Trial: 2/5 - 1 game
1999: Bl: 2/5 [2], Centre [2], Sub [5] - 9 games - 1 try (5 pts)
1999: 2/5 [2], Centre [7], Wing [4], Fullback [1] - 14 games - 2 tries (10 pts)
2000: Hi: Centre [6], Wing [3], Sub [2] - 11 games - 2 tries, 1 C (12 pts)
2000: Centre - 9 games - 2 tries (10 pts)
2000: NZ A: Centre [1], Sub [2] - 3 games - 3 tries (15 pts)
2001: Bl: 2/5 [3], Centre [1], Sub [6] - 10 games
2001: 2/5 [6], Centre [1], Sub [1] - 8 games - 1 try (5 pts)
2004: Centre - 11 games - 3 tries (15 pts)
2005: Bl: Sub - 3 games - 1 try (5 pts)
2005: 2/5 [11], Centre [1] - 12 games
2005: NZ Maori: Centre - 2 games
2006: Bl: 2/5 [6], Sub [3] - 9 games - 4 tries (20 pts)
2006: 2/5 - 8 games - 2 tries (10 pts)
2007: Cr: 2/5 [4], Sub [2] - 6 games - 1 try (5 pts)
2007: NZ Maori: 2/5 - 3 games
2011: 2/5 [3], Centre [6] - 9 games - 3 tries (15 pts)
2012: 1/5 [4], 2/5 [5], Sub [1] - 10 games - 3 tries (15 pts)

Sub Total: NZ Maori: 5 games:
Super: Bl: 31 games (30 pts): Cr: 6 games (5 pts): Hi: 11 games (12 pts):
Prov: BoP: 11 games (15 pts): EC: 20 games (35 pts): NH: 70 games (45 pts):
Others: 5 games (15 pts)

Total: 159 games (157 pts)

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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