Keep up to date with everything that's happening in the Auckland Rugby.The latest events, images and alerts direct to your phone.Download on the App Store or Google Play. CANTERBURY V AUCKLAND Lancaster Park, Christchurch, September 14, 1985 Andy Haden - Lock who was a key influence for Auckland Warwick Taylor - Canterbury second-five, reflected the game was a good advertisement for rugby From "The Shield. Eight teams compete for the Waka Nathan Cup while the bottom seven teams from the previous year's competition contest the Pollard Cup. Bob Graham (rugby union) John Graham (rugby union) Charles Gregory (rugby) H Andy Haden Bill Hadley (rugby union) Swin Hadley Kurtis Haiu Siua Halanukonuka Liam Hallam-Eames Dave Halligan Grayson Hart Sione Havili Talitui Harold Hayward Bryce Heem Keith Helander Jamie Helleur Sam Henwood Mack Herewini Ernie Herring Maurice Herrold Jason Hewett Dame Sian Elias at her valedictory sitting at the Supreme Court. The Springboks lost both test matches against Australia and three of their four matches with All Blacks. Auckland Warriors - 1995 Away; Brazil - 2018 & 2021 Home; Brazil - 2021 Away; Brazil Amazonas - 2018 Home; 29 October - Women . Formula 1. These are the list of results that England have played from 2010 to 2019. He featured in the dramatic 1981 home series against the Springboks and courted further controversy in the1978 test against Wales in Cardiff, when he dived out of the lineout and gained a penalty for Brian McKechnie to kick the winning goal. A partner at law firm Simpson Grierson, Hansen would go on to become a High Court judge. Played a then record 93 tests for the All Blacks, and captained them on 62 occasions. Recordon lost friends over the case. In addition to the 1st XV competition there a number of lower-grade (non-1st XV) and girls competitions. I wasnt p.. off, but I thought: damn it all, Phil, youve given your name to it, you may as well give your weight as well.. This squad includes eight Mori. The union was successful in its bid to have the case struck out at the High Court in Auckland. Samuelu Sefuiva, DIP CM, Associate NZIM Samuelu (Sam) Sefuiva has over 30 years' experience in public policy, strategic and business advice, cultural and economic development and executive leadership. Auckland have also produced a record number of All Blacks, 181, the most recent being Akira Ioane in 2017. What made the 1985 shield special both at the time and with the passage of the years was the context and circumstances under which it was played. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. Lancaster Park, Christchurch, September 14, 1985, Andy Haden - Lock who was a key influence for Auckland, Warwick Taylor - Canterbury second-five, reflected the game was a good advertisement for rugby. Soane Tongauiha (born 1982), Tongan rugby union international representative; plays for the Northampton Saints; born in Tonga and educated in Auckland at St Peter's College. The top eight compete for the Gallaher Shield, named after former Auckland and All Blacks player Dave Gallaher, while the bottom eight compete for the Portola Trophy. Programme Queensland v Auckland. An attempt to stop the 1970 All Blacks tour used a legal writ dating back to the English Renaissance . An outstanding prop, and an even more outstanding leader, widely recognised as one of the finest to have ever captained the All Blacks. I just kept on going, I kept on working, says Recordon, who decided not to burden Thomas with what was going on in Auckland. One who captured the matchs flavour best of all was one of the most literate sports writers New Zealand has had Alex Veysey who penned a critique in the New Zealand (Sunday) Times which was a gem. Level 6 North Stand, Gate B, Walters Rd, Eden Park, PO Box 56-152, Dominion Road, Auckland 1446. 1985 - 1990 5 years. When we first meet her at the start of the new BBC/HBO dark comedy Rain Dogs she's being kicked out of her flat, along with her 10 . image [Rugby football programmes featuring New Zealand national, provincial or club teams. There was another dimension to the 1985 match. Improved in 24 Hours. . In the All Black side that day was fellow Wellingtonian Graham Mexted, whose son Murray starred at no. 11.8K Followers. Stofile paid a heavy price for giving evidence. Since taking the shield from Wellington in 1982 Canterbury by the time of the 1985 match against Auckland had equalled the record sequence for defences, the 25 the Auckland sides of Fred Allen had compiled between 1960 and 1963. If youre a school-leaver and sports-lover, the Auckland Rugby Pro Sport Career Programme could be for you. Began his career as a flanker and evolved into one of our best hookers. They had, in effect, in their different ways taken New Zealand rugby to the verge of professionalism. Money, though, was not the main issue. The only exception was a radio interview with Haden by Rocky Patterson in the course of which there were several references, clearly in the hope they would be noticed by referee Bob Francis, to Canterburys lineout tactics of 1983. A century of the Ranfurly Shield by Lindsay Knight. Holding a tenure of five seasons leading the Blue and. It was difficult to find too many people who did not think a mistake had been made and it was perhaps one reason why in a few years time administrators embraced television with a haste which has become embarrassing. Espaol; . With six titles in the 1990s, and four so far in the new century, Auckland's domination of the New Zealand rugby landscape continues. As long ago as 1972, of course, the NZRU had relaxed its stand against live telecasts but retained a measure of conservatism and control and the policy was nowhere near as liberal as it would become in the 1990s and into the present when it almost seems as if television now has too much of a say. . [2] There was an undefeated run in the early 1920s under Sir Vincent Meredith. The Gallaher Shield is awarded to the winner of the senior premier club rugby competition, for overall club records see Gallaher Shield page. A mobile and hard-nosed hooker who came in to replace injured skipper Andy Dalton in the 1987 World Cup-winning All Blacks and went on to form one of the great front rows in New Zealand history alongside Olo Brown and Craig Dowd. Auckland rang and said yes to our request and Auckland will name their team . Among the earliest founding clubs in Auckland were Grafton (1874), Ponsonby (1874) and College Rifles (1897), Marist (1908), University (1888), Grammar (1914) and Suburbs (1918). Players like Andy Haden, Sean Fitzpatrick, John Drake, Olo Brown, Zinzan and Robin Brooke, Gary and Alan Whetton, Michael Jones, Steve McDowall, Grant Fox, Bernie McCahill, Grant Dickson, Mark Carter, Joe Stanley, John Kirwan and Terry Wright were important in Auckland's success in that last period. 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The preliminaries to this tour were shrouded in uncertainty and selection Lightweight by modern standards, tipping the scales at 72kg, Fox was a proud Auckland Grammar product who went on to assume a coaching role with the Blues. Beauden Barrett (Taranaki), Finlay Christie (Tasman), Caleb Clarke (Auckland), Corey Evans (Auckland), Taufa Funaki (Auckland), Bryce Heem (Auckland), Rieko Ioane (Auckland), AJ Lam (Auckland), Sam Nock (Northland), Stephen Perofeta (Taranaki), Harry Plummer (Auckland), Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens (Taranaki), Zarn Sullivan (Auckland), Mark Hart knew, too, from 1983 that Lancaster Park would be a cauldron of fire, which could unsettle even the experienced Auckland players. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) - 2NB50NY from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. This seemed a blatant insensitivity to our efforts to bring equality and justice to our country., Thomas says Stofiles evidence was compelling. The club's emblem is the "Flying Elephant", which was agreed upon after a competition to find a mascot was found. Players who have represented the Auckland Rugby Union by playing for the Auckland representative rugby union team. They currently compete in the Mitre 10 Cup Premiership. Speaking of his time as an activist Stofile said: We always defined sport as apartheid in tracksuits. Sign up to receive our new evening newsletter Two Minutes of Stuff - the news, but different. The Auckland Rugby Football Union (ARFU) was officially formed in 1883, when it joined the Canterbury, Wellington and Otago unions in the fledgling New Zealand Rugby Football Union. The cornerstone of the great Auckland, Blues and All Blacks teams of his era. Auckland, New Zealand aucklandrugby.co.nz Joined May 2011. Fixtures; Tickets . Test, ODI and Twenty20 Championships. 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Just better. Four years on from the trauma of the 1981 Springbok tour, the New Zealand Rugby Football Union announced the All Blacks would tour apartheid South Africa. And so as one great shield era ended, another which would be even greater was about to begin. Formula 1. The union are one of three organisations (the others being Collegesport and the Secondary Schools Executive Committee) responsible for administering the local secondary school competitions. Things got worse when two days into the hearing, agents of the French Government bombed the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland. A forerunner of the power winger that is so prevalent in the game today, "Beegee" as he was widely known, carved a fine career for both Auckland (132 games) and the All Blacks (38 tests). Initially let go by the Blues he revived his career in Hamilton, and was swiftly pulled back to Auckland. Date Opposition For Against Venue Winner Status ; 06/02/2010: Wales: 30: 17: Twickenham, London: England: Six Nations: 14/02/2010: The ruling was taken to the Court of Appeal, which overturned the decision in part. Remembering the 1981 Springbok tour: Liz Roberts recalls the day of the 2nd Test in Wellington. He became the sole selector to the Auckland team, leading the side to eight successive Ranfurly Shield wins, before he served on the All Blacks selection committee from 1907 to 1914. Rugby League: NZ v Aus 3rd Test 1985 - YouTube This is the 3rd Test match in the 1985 series between New Zealand and Australia, from Carlaw Park, Auckland on July 7. Twitter It was 2018 before an Auckland side once again won the National Provincial Championship. Along with numerous other injuries he suffered two broken jaws, but never lost a match in his 14 internationals for the All Blacks. Area: South East / Waltham Sir Ted Thomas QC at his home in Remuera, Auckland. There have been many notable eras in the team's history. In front of 52,000 fans, Grizz Wyllie's Canterbury came back from 24-0 down at half-time to within a bounce of the ball of victory. To determine this, the bonus points system is used. Alpine Ice Centre (also known as Alpine Ice Sports Centre) is an indoor ice sports and public skate centre, opened in April 1985. This is a list of players who have represented New Zealand from the Auckland representative rugby union team. The 1985 New Zealand rugby league season was the 78th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. He said: Yes I know but what has to be done, has to be done.. Twenty-eight of the 30 players selected for the 1985 All Black tour of South Africa that was cancelled as a result of last-minute legal action take part in the unofficial 'Cavaliers' tour of the republic. One of only six All Blacks centurions, Mealamu became a valued disciplinary presence in the national team, setting standards and enforcing team-driven punishments. Don Hayes with the Ranfurly Shield 18 August 1994 This enabled them to avoid the hype which was generated with such enthusiasm throughout Canterbury. Robertson, named by some the "prince of centres", possessed great top-end speed. Brooke was an extraordinarily gifted footballer, with skills and a derring-do that made him so much more than just a capable back-of-the-scrum man for dominant Auckland, Blues and All Blacks sides of the '80s and '90s. READ MORE: * Photos chronicling the storming of Hamilton's Rugby Park on show at Waikato Museum for anniversary of Springbok Tour protests * Errol Tobias hails 1981 Springbok tour protests in NZ for showing South Africa 'apartheid had to end' * '81 Springbok protests galvanises a nation divided - 150 Years of News, Thomas acknowledges that public opposition had set the stage. Sir Wilson Whineray with the Webb Ellis Cup in 2011. It is now no less appropriate that the lawfulness of the unions decision under its own constitution to arrange the proposed tour should be open to test in the courts.. Frequently such hype is unjustified, contrived and artificial. Protesters on the streets of Auckland during the 1981 Springbok tour. Everyone worked for free. Played much of his career alongside brother Robin. The 196063 period, known as the Golden Era, was summed up in The Golden Years written by Don Cameron in 1983. The Waka Nathan Challenge Cup is contested at the beginning of the season in a knockout style competition. He says the names of protesters John Minto and Trevor Richards were constantly mentioned in union meeting minutes. Live Statistics. The Drua trailed 19-5 in the first half and didn't lead in the match until the 77th minute when replacement winger Taniela Rakuro scored the try that gave them a narrow and thrilling win. Michael Jones during practice three days before the 1987 Rugby World Cup final. Unheralded Marlborough stunned the rugby nation by winning 13-6. Three days into the trial, it was apparent proceedings would not finish before the All Blacks were due to fly out. Made his biggest impact as an "honorary white" on the 1970 tour of South Africa when he scored 14 tries in 13 matches, and was hugely popular wherever he went in the republic. ICC Test Championship; ICC ODI Championship; Twenty20 Internationals We'll update you with all things Auckland Rugby, from NPC news to Club and School. Leading team of researchers on our "Construction BoxScore" database of refining, petrochemical and gas projects around the globe. Level 6 North Stand, Gate B, Walters Rd, Eden Park. A crowd of hundreds braved the Wellington winter, to find out if a group of lawyers had managed to stop the All Blacks touring apartheid South Africa. Jordan Trainor (born 1996), New Zealand rugby union; plays as an outside back for the Blues in the international Super Rugby competition [130] [131] John Francis Ernest . This time they arrived in Christchurch as late as possible and they chose to stay at the Russley Hotel because it was reasonably secluded. Players like Kees Meeuws, Keven Mealamu, Ali Williams, Justin Collins, Xavier Rush, Steve Devine, Brad Mika, Ben Atiga, Doug Howlett, Daniel Braid, Brent Ward and Angus Macdonald contributed to that success. He led the All Blacks on 31 occasions in total, and never lost a match. [Eden Park], 4 May 1985. Once more Auckland is struggling to put together a Super Rugby season - if only it had some of the magic of the best players of the past. The party as a whole was very short of experience, 1985 England rugby union tour of New Zealand, "1985 England rugby union tour of New Zealand", Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1985_England_rugby_union_tour_of_New_Zealand&oldid=1136529904, This page was last edited on 30 January 2023, at 20:05. Rather than disrupt the team, Recordon moved to another club. From The Shield. The first week is a quarter-finals style format where the top seeded team play the bottom seeded team and the second seeded team play the second to last seeded team etc. Had to wait until he was 30 for a national call up but still managed to play 27 tests, scoring four tries. Answer: Auckland 24 - Canterbury 0 The final score was Auckland 28-Canterbury 23. Early in his career Mealamu brought a dynamic running game, one enhanced by his low centre of gravity and ferocious approach. It went undefeated for six seasons from 1897, and there was a ground breaking run in the early 1920s under Sir Vincent Meredith. Rugby : opposing team statistics Western Force and Queensland Reds (Australia) . Previous to this I completed a PhD in international history at the LSE, with research publications, higher education teaching and online course design experience. Andy Haden 1972-1985 Lock. Elias recalls looking to the packed public gallery and seeing veteran protester Trevor Richards shouting in victory. Spare us more bloodshed of our people, he said. Thomas recalls hearing protest leader John Minto being interviewed on the radio, saying it was now up to the lawyers to stop the tour. Some police officers had also written to the union to say they couldnt wait to get their baton onto the heads of the protestors. England's rugby squad arrives home today from a disastrous tour of New Zealand wrecked by sexual assault claims. Television New Zealand also made a late overture for a live telecast but made only a token offer of apparently around $10,000, which no one could blame the NZRU for dismissing. They saw the strain that it put on the whole legal system and the respect for the law.. . But there was a little more to this match than the excitement which took place on the pitch. Between 14 September 1985 and 18 September 1993, Auckland defended the Ranfurly Shield for 61 consecutive challenges. 091220 News Photo. Hayes would earn criticism from those whose wisdom comes after an event. It argued that its council had the right to decide who the All Blacks should play and where. 4 February - English teams. | Learn . The 1985 England rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of seven matches played by the England national rugby union team in New Zealand in May and June 1985. Too often rugby occasions which have had the elements of potential greatness have wallowed into anonymity, he wrote. The premier competition runs from March to August and is split into three segments: the Waka Nathan Challenge Cup from March to May (primarily a pre-season tournament), the Alan McEvoy Round-Robin, and the Championship Round (finals series). The Court of Appeal said taking the case further would be academic as there was no way the 1985 tour could now go ahead. Thomas had no idea. In 2014, it celebrated 140 years over Queens Birthday Weekend with past and present players and the wider community. Auckland Rugby Union - Our Teams OUR TEAMS BUNNINGS WAREHOUSE NPC AND FARAH PALMER CUP Auckland is the most successful provincial union in New Zealand with 15 Women's NPC and 17 Men's NPC titles. Hospital authorities moved Recordons French wife into the basement of National Womens Hospital as a safety precaution. The decision was to be academic. Auckland also acts as a primary feeder to the Blues, who play in the Super Rugby competition. In addition to the Men's 1st XV, the ARU has a number of other representative teams for both Men and Women. From there he was picked in the Samoan side for the World Cup; the All Blacks the year after. The Recordon family had been getting death threats and even faeces in the post. Keep up to date with everything that's happening in the Auckland Rugby. All Blacks statistics also reveal the extent of Auckland's influence: of the 1071 players to have worn the national jersey from 1888 to 2008, 133 were born in Auckland, compared to Christchurch (74), Wellington (60) and Dunedin (53). Starred for Counties Manukau and the Blues and went on to play 63 tests for the All Blacks, and dominate two World Cups. Latest breaking news articles, photos, video, blogs, reviews, analysis, opinion and reader comment from New Zealand and around the World - NZ Herald GitHub export from English Wikipedia. The Rugby Championship; IRB World Rankings; General Links. All Blacks statistics also reveal the extent of Auckland's influence: of the 1071 players to have worn the national jersey from 1888 to 2008, 133 were born in Auckland. SIMON O'CONNOR/STUFF Chief Executive of Forest and Bird Kevin Hague pictured. Creator: Christchurch Star. The premier competition's championship round was renamed the Gallaher Shield in 1922, in memory of Ponsonby, Auckland and New Zealand player Dave Gallaher who captained the 1905 All Blacks, known as The Originals, before retiring after the tour. Auckland were the first holders of the Ranfurly Shield in 1902 and have won 153 out of 194 shield matches the most successful record of any provincial union. There were other pressures also. For the side that represents Auckland Rugby Union in the Bunnings NPC, see, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Auckland (National Provincial Championship), "THE AUCKLAND-BRITAIN MATCH. The documents showed their prime concern was to beat the protestors, says Thomas. We include Wilson Whineray whodebuted in1953 through to Keven Mealamu. We were scouring for plaintiffs.. 9pm, BBC Two. The other aspect to the 1985 match was that it came in the wake of one of New Zealand rugbys most difficult years when because of a legal challenge the All Black tour to South Africa, on which many of the Canterbury and Auckland players were to have gone, was cancelled. England played seven games, including two test matches against the New Zealand national rugby union team. AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) The Fiji Drua had the last say in a match which saw 11 tries to edge Moana Pasifika 36-34 Saturday on the opening weekend of the Super Rugby Pacific season. Their women's team, known as the Auckland Storm, are the most successful women's team in New Zealand. English Articles. Players are listed by the decade they were first selected in and players in bold are current All Blacks. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. The shield match would have been an ideal vehicle. If thered been no protests, we wouldnt have succeeded, Thomas says. An unstoppable force at his best, and sent his nation into mourning when he died suddenly last November. Auckland were the first holders of the shield in 1902 and have won 153 out of 194 shield matches up to 2007 the most successful record of any provincial union. Why not challenge the unions decision based on its own constitution? Auckland went undefeated for six seasons from 1897, with victory over the British and Irish Lions in 1904. . The 1981 Springbok tour of this country was a disaster both for rugby football and for the community, he said.