Zinzan Valentine Brooke

Surname:

Brooke

First names:

Zinzan Valentine

All Black Player No:

883

All Black games played:

100

All Black years:

1987 - 1997

Clubs:

Marist

Provincial teams:

Auckland 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
NZ Colts 1985, 1986
NZ Maori 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994

Super teams:

Blues 1996, 1997

Provincial captain:

Auckland 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
NZ Colts 1986
Nth Zone 1988
Possibles 1st game 1993

Super captain:

Blues 1996, 1997

Biography:

1985: Marist Presidents XV: Flanker - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1985: NZ Colts Trial: Sub - 1 game
1985: NZ Colts: Flanker - 4 games
1986: Flanker - 6 games
1986: NZ Colts: Flanker - 4 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1986: Prince of Wales Cup: Flanker - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1986: NZ Maori: Flanker - 3 games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1986: Barbarians: Flanker - 1 game
1987: AB's: Flanker - 3 tests - 5 tries (20 pts)
1987: Flanker [1], No 8 [13] - 14 games - 17 tries (68 pts)
1988: AB's: Flanker [6], No 8 [2] - 8 tour games - 5 tries (20 pts)
1988: No 8 - 17 games - 17 tries (68 pts)
1988: NZ Maori: Flanker [7], No 8 [3] - 10 games - 5 tries (20 pts)
1988: Nth Zone: Flanker [1], No 8 [1] - 2 games
1989: AB's: Flanker - 1 test, Flanker [2], No 8 [6] - 8 tour games - 7 tries (28 pts)
1989: No 8 - 18 games - 18 tries (72 pts)
1989: North Zone: Flanker - 2 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1989: Possibles: No 8 - 1 game
1989: Prince of Wales Cup: Flanker - 1 game
1990: AB's: No 8 - 4 tests, Flanker [1], No 8 [2] - 3 tour games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1990: No 8 - 15 games - 18 tries (72 pts)
1990: Possibles: No 8 - 1 game
1990: NZ Maori: Flanker - 2 games - 3 tries (12 pts)
1990: Prince of Wales Cup: Flanker - 1 game
1991: AB's: No 8 - 8 tests, 5 tour games - 5 tries (20 pts)
1991: No 8 - 10 games - 5 tries (20 pts)
1991: Probables: No 8 - 1 game
1992: AB's: Flanker - 1 tour game, No 8 - 3 tests, 6 tour games
(1 as captain) - 2 tries (10 pts)
1992: Flanker [3], No 8 [8] - 11 games - 2 tries (@ 4) (8 pts)
1992: Prince of Wales Cup: No 8 - 1 game
1992: NZ Maori: No 8 - 2 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1993: AB's: Flanker - 4 tests, 7 tour games (3 as captain),
No 8 - 2 tests - 6 tries (30 pts)
1993: Flanker [1], No 8 [12] - 13 games - 5 tries (25 pts)
1993: Possibles: 1st game: No 8 - 1 game
1993: NZ Trial: Probables: No 8 - 1 game
1993: NZ Maori: Flanker - 1 game
1994: AB's: No 8 - 5 tests - 1 try (5 pts)
1994: Flanker [3], No 8 [8] - 11 games - 1 try (5 pts)
1994: Probables: Flanker - 1 game
1994: NZ Maori: Flanker - 4 games - 1 try (5 pts)
1995: AB's: No 8 - 9 tests, 1 tour game (as captain) - 1 try, 1 DG (8 pts)
1995: Flanker [1], No 8 [11] - 12 games - 6 tries (30 pts)
1995: Nth Island: No 8 - 1 game - 1 try (5 pts)
1995: NZ Harlequins: No 8 - 1 game
1996: AB's: No 8 - 10 tests - 5 tries, 1 DG (28 pts)
1996: Bl: No 8 - 11 games - 2 tries, 1 C (12 pts)
1996: No 8 - 6 games - 2 tries (10 pts)
1996: NZ Presidents XV: No 8 -1 game
1997: AB's: No 8 - 11 tests, Flanker - 1 tour game - 3 tries, 1 DG (18 pts)
1997: Bl: No 8 - 11 games - 6 tries (30 pts)
1997: No 8 - 7 games - 3 tries (15 pts)
1999: UK Barbarians: 1 game - 1 try (5 pts)
2000: UK Barbarians: 2 games - 1 try (5 pts)

Sub Total: AB's: 60 tests, 40 tour games (195 pts):
NZ Maori: 22 games (49 pts):
Super: 22 games (42 pts):
Prov: 140 games (393 pts):
Others: 31 games (31 pts)

Total: 315 games (710 pts)

1992: Maori Player of the Year
1994: Player of the Year
1994: Maori Player of the Year
2000: Steinlager Salver (For outstanding service to rugby)