Mark Robinson
First rose to prominence for the North Harbour Colts and New Zealand Colts side in 1995. Mark would go on to play in the top side as well as Auckland Blues in the Super 12 competition. He would go on tour with the All Blacks in 1997 and be recalled in 2001.
In 2003 he signed to...
Mark Carter
Signed from the Auckland Blues during the Warriors early fascination with signing All Black players. The Mark Carter experiment would largely be a failure and he would be the last All Black straight from Rugby that the club would sign.
1991-98 - New Zealand All Blacks
1996 -...
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1996
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auckland blues
auckland blues ru
mark carter
second row
second rower
Frano Botica
Former All Black (7 Tests) was an ace goal-kicking winger/fullback during Wigan’s championship reign in the early 1990s. Botica returned to NZ with Wigan coach John Monie in 1995 for the Warriors’ debut season but left only one season and saw out his professional career with...
We ok to talk in here boys?
Who’s watching?
France Argentina - close game
Biff up at the end there, good way to finish off....
Looks like a good tournament- something league needs to aspire to but too many idiots running our show
First rose to prominence for the North Harbour Colts and New Zealand Colts side in 1995. Mark would go on to play in the top side as well as Auckland Blues in the Super 12 competition. He would go on tour with the All Blacks in 1997 and be recalled in 2001.
In 2003 he signed to play rugby...
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2003
allblacks
auckland blues ru
barbarians
hooker
london wasps ru
mark robinson
north harbour ru
northhampton ru
palmerston north
waikato chiefs
Deadly-accurate goal-kicker came from NZ 's junior All Black ranks to play with Manly in 1990. Ridge impressed immediately at fullback and within six first grade matches, he was playing for NZ in a qualifying World Cup match against Great Britain. One of the most consistent goal-kickers in the...
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1997
1998
1999
allblacks
auckland grammar school
dally m
fullback
manly
manly-warringah sea eagles
matthew ridge
mt albert grammar school
new zealand kiwis
Signed from the Auckland Blues during the Warriors early fascination with signing All Black players. The Mark Carter experiment would largely be a failure and he would be the last All Black straight from Rugby that the club would sign.
1991-98 - New Zealand All Blacks
1996 - Played for...
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1996
allblacks
auckland rfu
mark carter
second row
Ellis started playing rugby for Otago before gaining selection for the All Blacks in 1992. A wiry winger (he crossed for 6 tries when NZ beat Japan 145-7 in a 1995 World Cup qualifier.
At the end of the 1995 season Ellis switched to league to play for the Auckland Warriors where he joined his...
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1996
1997
allblacks
fullback
marc ellis
new zealand kiwis
otago rfu
winger
Former All Black (7 Tests) was an ace goal-kicking winger/fullback during Wigan’s championship reign in the early 1990s. Botica returned to NZ with Wigan coach John Monie in 1995 for the Warriors’ debut season but left only one season and saw out his professional career with Castleford in...
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1995
allblacks
castleford tigers
frano botica
fullback
new zealand kiwis
north harbour ru
waikato chiefs
wigan warriors
winger
‘All Black’ legend with a record 63 RU Test matches to his credit changed codes to play for the Auckland Warriors in 1995. The grandson of Jack Kirwan, who represented the Kiwis after changing codes in 1926, and the cousin of former Test captain Mark Graham, Kirwan made his RU Test debut in 1984...
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1995
1996
allblacks
auckland rfu
john kirwan
new zealand order of merit
new zealand sports hall of fame
winger
Ngani Laumape first started turning heads playing rugby union as a stand-out for the Palmerston North Boys’ High School First XV. On the rugby league scene he featured for the NZ Residents 18s in 2011, was signed by the Vodafone Warriors and earned a place in the Vodafone Junior Warriors’ NYC...
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2013
2014
2015
allblacks
centre
feilding falcons
hurricames
ngani laumape
palmerston north
tonga
wellington
winger
Big wraps on this kid, I'm pretty excited to see how he goes for the 20's. A NZ Rugby Schools star.
This is the only footage I can find of him (3:35 #12 for Palmy North Boys)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa-ENutka6A&feature=youtu.be
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2013
2014
allblacks
centre
hurricames
manawatu
manawatu turbos
ngani laumape
palmerston north
palmerston north boys high school
wellington
wing