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Isaia TOEAVA
Date of Birth:
15/01/1986
Representative Teams
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All Black No. 1064
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ALL BLACKS from 2005, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, to the present - 38 Tests and 1 other Match.
Position:
Fullback/Centre Three-Quarter.
Biography:
Just 19 years of age, Isaia Toeava joined the All Blacks in 2005 after only eight appearances in the Air New Zealand NPC but certainly held his own in his Test debut, at fullback against Scotland at Edinburgh.
Position: Fullback
Born: 15/01/1986 Moto’otua, Samoa
Physical: 1.81m, 96kg
Test Debut: 2005 v Scotland at Edinburgh
Test Caps: 29
Test Points: 30
Provincial Team: Auckland
Provincial Debut: 2005 v British & Irish Lions
Provincial Caps: 14
Provincial Points: 15 (3t)
Super Rugby Team: Blues
Super Rugby Debut: 2006 v Blues (Hurricanes)
Super Rugby Caps: 14
Super Rugby Points: 15 (3t)
Just 19 years of age, Isaia Toeava joined the All Blacks in 2005 after only eight appearances in the Air New Zealand NPC but certainly held his own in his Test debut, at fullback against Scotland at Edinburgh.
A talented exponent of the Sevens game, Toeava has the skills and athleticism to play anywhere from first five-eighths out.
He played at second-five for New Zealand Under 19 but primarily at fullback for the Hurricanes in the 2006 Rebel Sport Super 14 – he was the only draft player, from Auckland, in the Hurricanes squad – and is predicted to have a bright future as a penetrative midfield back.
At just 21 years of age, Toeava earned a recall to the All Blacks in 2007 on the back of some excellent form for the Blues earlier in the year in the Rebel Sport Super 14.
Career Comments:
• NZRU Age-Grade Player of the Year, 2005
• Played every match in his first Rebel Sport Super 14 season for the Hurricanes.
• Scored two tries against Northland in his only start of the season for Auckland in the 2005 Air New Zealand NPC.
• Received the 2005 IRB Under 19 Player of the Year award announced in November 2005 in Paris.
• Scored 62 points in four matches for New Zealand Under 19 at the IRB Under 19 World Championships in South Africa in 2005, including five tries and 37 points from the boot.
• Scored nine tries and a conversion in three IRB Sevens tournaments in 2005.
New Zealand Representative Teams: New Zealand Schools in 2003, New Zealand Sevens in 2005, New Zealand Under 19 in 2005, and All Blacks in 2005 - 2010.
Test match Record by Year: [(+) = substitute (-) = replaced]
2005: Nov 26 v Scotland at Edinburgh 29-10,
2006: 24 Jun vs Argentina at Buenos Aires 25-19
Jul 8 v Australia at Christchurch 32-12 (+)
Aug 19 v Australia at Auckland 34-27 (-)
Aug 26 v South Africa at Pretoria 45-26 (+),
2007:
2 Jun vs France at Auckland 42-11
9 Jun v France at Wellington 61-10 (-)
23 June v South Africa at Durban 26-21
14 June v South Africa at Christchurch 33-6 (-)
21 June v Australia at Auckland 26-12 (-)
8 Sept v Italy (RWC) at Marseille 76-14 (+)
15 Sept v Portugal (RWC) at Lyon 108-13
23 Sep v Scotland (RWC) at Edinburgh 40-0 (+)
30 Sept v Romania (RWC) at Toulouse 85-8
7 Sept v France (RWC) at Cardiff 18-20 (+),
2008:
17 Aug v South Africa at Capetown 19-0 (+)
17 Aug v South Africa at Cape Town 19-0 (+)
3 Sep v Samoa at New Plymouth 101-14 (+)
1 Nov v Australia at Hong Kong 19-14 (-)
9 Nov v Scotland at Edinburgh 32-6 (-)
16 Nov v Ireland at Dublin 22-3 (+)
19 Nov v Munster at Limerick 18-16
30 Nov v England at London 32-6 (+),
2009:
13 June v France at Dunedin 22-27 (-)
20 June v France at Wellington 14-10 (+)
27 June v Italy at Christchurch 27-6
12 Sept v South Africa at Hamilton 29-32 (+)
19 Sept v Australia at Wellington 33-6,
2010:
30 Oct v Australia at Hong Kong 24-26 (+)
07 Nov v England at London 26-16 (+)
14 Nov v Scotland at Edinburgh 49-3
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Saimone TAUMOEPEAU
Date of Birth:
21/12/1979
Representative Teams
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ALL BLACKS from 2004 to 2005 - 3 Tests and 1 other Match.
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All Black No. 1045
Position:
Prop Forward
Biography:
Tongan-born Saimone Taumoepeau had a sudden rise in national rugby, becoming an All Black in his mid 20s for the 2004 end of year tour of Europe, having played in only seven first class matches that year for Auckland.
Before emerging in Auckland’s premier club competition with Marist, Taumoepeau had played at club level in South Canterbury and Bay of Plenty without winning representative honours.
A loosehead prop, Taumoepeau, like his Auckland team-mate on the tighthead side, John Afoa, had considerable mobility in the open and excellent ball skills. And though not excessively big for a modern front-rower at around 105kg, he was a solid scrummager.
His elder brother, Tevita or David, also had an extensive representative background in New Zealand playing as a prop for Bay of Plenty and North Harbour and in the Super 12 for the Chiefs. However, he chose to play his international rugby for Tonga.
On his first All Black tour Taumoepeau appeared in the international against Italy, scoring a try, and in the tour finale, which did not carry a test cap, against the Barbarians at Twickenham. Taumoepeau gained a second All Black tour in 2005 on the Grand Slam tour when injury ruled out Greg Somerville.
One of five props in the touring party, Taumoepeau came on as a second spell replacement against Ireland and started against Scotland, being replaced with 12 minutes left. Those four games and three test caps were his only All Black appearances, though in 2006 he played four times for the Junior All Blacks, adding to the two matches he had had for that side in 2005.
Because he played in the same position as All Black Tony Woodcock, Taumoepeau was limited to 25 matches, many as a substitute, for the Blues in the Super 12/14 competitions of 2005-07 and before leaving for an overseas contract at the end of 2007 he had taken his number of Auckland appearances to 46.
He and Afoa propped the Auckland scrum in the 2005 NPC final win over Otago and both were part of fine pack efforts when Auckland had an unbeaten season in 2007 to win the Air New Zealand Cup and also take the Ranfurly Shield.
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Stephen John "Steve" DEVINE
Date of Birth:
12/12/1976
Representative Teams
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ALL BLACKS from 2002 to 2003 - 10 Tests and no other Matches.
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All Black No. 1018
Position:
Halfback
Biography:
Steve Devine was a feisty halfback who for nearly a decade was good value for Auckland and the Blues and whose brief stint in the All Blacks in 2002-03 was a throwback to the great Des Connor in the early 1960s.
Like Connor, Devine was an Australian hailing from the country districts of New South Wales. The parallel with Connor goes further for Devine was also educated at one of Australia’s most celebrated Marist Brothers schools. Connor went to Ashgrove in Brisbane, where John Eales was also schooled, and Devine went to a great nursery, St Joseph’s in Sydney.
While Connor came to New Zealand in 1960, already capped as a Wallaby, Devine was a relative unknown when he crossed the Tasman to improve his rugby chances. He made the Australian colts side in 1997 and the national sevens side in 1998 and it was this participation which created problems when Devine was chosen, somewhat surprisingly, for the 2002 All Blacks’ end-of-season tests against England, Wales and France.
It took an International Board clearance for Devine to be able to take his place. First choice players Justin Marshall and Byron Kelleher were rested and Devine shared the halfback position with Danny Lee, starting in the tests against England and Wales.
The oddity to Devine’s selection in 2002 was that it caused a rushed reshuffle to the Blues squad for the 2003 season. Initially, North Harbour All Black Mark Robinson had been chosen, and with Devine suddenly gaining national honours, the unlucky Robinson found himself without a franchise, a situation which was handled clumsily by the game’s administration.
Devine shared another similarity with Connor for most of his club rugby was with Marist in Auckland. Devine never quite reached the heights of Connor, who has been judged one of the best to have ever played at halfback for New Zealand, but he was a competent footballer who deserved his international recognition.
He first represented Auckland in 1998 and for the Blues in the Super 12 in 1999, and while injuries often plagued him he finished with 78 first class matches for Auckland and 70 for the Blues, playing in the winning NPC side in both 1999 and 2002 and was in the Blues side which won the 2003 Super 12, though injury prevented him playing the final against the Crusaders.
Devine appeared in five of the domestic tests in 2003 and was taken to the World Cup in Australia later in the year as the third string halfback behind Marshall and Kelleher. He made three appearances in the tournament, including the third-fourth playoff against France.
That ended Devine’s All Black involvement, though he remained, whenever he was free from injury, a regular first choice for the Auckland and the Blues. His national representation ended with two games for the Junior All Blacks in 2005.
Injuries, especially concussion, finally took their toll and, apart from one early match, he missed all of Auckland’s 2007 Air New Zealand Cup campaign. When he retired near the season’s end his Auckland coach Pat Lam praised him without qualification: “Stevie is a real fighter. Whatever he is doing, he gives 100% every time and has set that standard for everybody in our squad.”
Profile by Lindsay Knight
for the New Zealand Rugby Museum.
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FULL NAME
Stephen John Devine
BORN
Sunday, 12 December 1976 in Boggabri
AGE
32
PHYSICAL
1.76m, 85kg
POSITION
Halfback
LAST SCHOOL
St Joseph's College (Hunters Hill)
RUGBY CLUB
(First made All Blacks from)
Auckland Marist
PROVINCE
Auckland
SUPER 12 TEAM
Blues
ALL BLACK DEBUT
Saturday, 9 November 2002
v England at London
aged 25 years, 332 days
INTERNATIONAL DEBUT
Saturday, 9 November 2002
v England at London
aged 25 years, 332 days
LAST TEST
Thursday, 20 November 2003
v France at Sydney
aged 26 years, 343 days
ALL BLACK TESTS
10 (0 as Captain)
ALL BLACK GAMES
0 (0 as Captain)
TOTAL ALL BLACK MATCHES
10 (0 as Captain)
ALL BLACK TEST POINTS
0pts
ALL BLACK GAME POINTS
0pts
TOTAL ALL BLACK POINTS
0pts
ALL BLACK NUMBER
1018
The All Black Games that Devine played.
(+) = substitute; (-) = replaced
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2002
9 Nov vs England at London 28-31 (-)
23 Nov vs Wales at Cardiff 43-17
2003
14 Jun vs England at Wellington 13-15 (+)
21 Jun vs Wales at Hamilton 55-3
28 Jun vs France at Christchurch 31-23 (-)
19 Jul vs South Africa at Pretoria 52-16 (-)
26 Jul vs Australia at Sydney 50-21 (+)
17 Oct vs Canada at Melbourne 68-6
8 Nov vs South Africa at Melbourne 29-9 (+)
20 Nov vs France at Sydney 40-13
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Douglas Charles "Doug" HOWLETT
Date of Birth:
21/09/1978
Representative Teams
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ALL BLACKS from 2000, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, to 2007 - 62 Tests and 1 other Match.
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All Black No. 992
Position:
Winger and Fullback
Biography:
Doug Howlett made a monumental contribution to New Zealand rugby as a long serving All Black wing between 2000 and 2007. Though a heavy try-scorer with pace and enough skill to occasionally appear at fullback he always had to be at his best, for other crack wings like Joe Rokocoko, Sitiveni Sivivatu and Rico Gear were in their prime in the latter part of those seasons, too. The early part of his test career had also clashed with another charismatic trio in Jonah Lomu, Jeff Wilson and Tana Umaga.
But Howlett from an early age was clearly destined for stardom. At Auckland Grammar he was not only an exceptional rugby player but a track runner of promise who had he concentrated on this sport might have been good enough to have been a Commonwealth Games participant at least. He was still at Grammar when in 1996 he made his first appearance for the Auckland representative side.
As a teenager in the late 1990s Howlett had difficulty cracking some powerful Auckland and Blues sides, but his talents had been quickly spotted. In 1997 he appeared as a replacement draft player with the Highlanders, scoring three tries against the Chiefs in his Super 12 debut.
In 1998 he was drafted to the Hurricanes and between 1997-99 he was a leading player in the New Zealand Colts sides.
After making the Blues for the 1999 and 2000 seasons, Howlett gained his All Black jersey for the 2000 early season international against Tonga, coming on as a second spell replacement and making an instant impact. With his first touch he scored a try and then added another. A debut against Tonga had added meaning for Howlett as he had part Tongan heritage, though born and raised in New Zealand.
Howlett was not used for the remaining domestic tests of 2000, but went on the tour at the end of the season of France and Italy, playing all three internationals and scoring a try in each.
In 2001, with Lomu and Wilson still available, Howlett mainly shared the All Blacks’ wing spots, but by 2002 he was fast emerging as the first choice, which he would pretty well remain until the 2006 season, despite the rise of Rokocoko, Sivivatu and Gear.
However, in 2006 he suffered the disappointment of being rested, in favour of the other three, for the end of year tour and then was not among the 22 rested from the 2007 Super 14 and out on special conditioning programmes.
That may have been a blessing in disguise for Howlett. He had a full season with the Blues, played with renewed zest and significantly was one of the better performed All Blacks through the 2007 season. Unlike so many of the others, he never gave an impression of being under-done.
His good form at the 2007 World Cup in France continued and it was a major surprise, and in hindsight, a big blunder, when he not only was omitted for the quarterfinal against France but not even placed in the reserves. The official explanation was that he was spelled so that a judgement could be made on whether Rokocoko or Sivivatu should partner him in the later semi-final and final. Unfortunately, those games never eventuated.
Frustration as a result of this may have been a factor when Howlett, completely out of character, was involved in a car-park incident.
Howlett then took up an overseas contract. The World Cup disappointments of both 2003 and 2007 notwithstanding, he is entitled to rank among the great All Black wings. His 173 tries in all first class rugby placed him only behind John Kirwan and Bernie Fraser. He appeared in 103 Super 12/14 matches, including the Blues’ triumphant 2003 season. And his 49 tries in 62 tests meant that at the 2007 World Cup he ousted Christian Cullen as New Zealand’s record-holder.
Profile by Lindsay Knight
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FULL NAME
Douglas Charles Howlett
BORN
Thursday, 21 September 1978 in Auckland
AGE
30
PHYSICAL
1.85m, 93kg
POSITION
Wing
LAST SCHOOL
Auckland Grammar
RUGBY CLUB
(First made All Blacks from)
Auckland Marist
PROVINCE
Auckland
ALL BLACK DEBUT
Friday, 16 June 2000
v Tonga at Albany
aged 21 years, 269 days
INTERNATIONAL DEBUT
Friday, 16 June 2000
v Tonga at Albany
aged 21 years, 269 days
LAST TEST
Saturday, 29 September 2007
v Romania at Toulouse
aged 29 years, 8 days
ALL BLACK TESTS
62 (0 as Captain)
ALL BLACK GAMES
1 (0 as Captain)
TOTAL ALL BLACK MATCHES
63 (0 as Captain)
ALL BLACK TEST POINTS
245pts (49t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)
ALL BLACK GAME POINTS
0pts
TOTAL ALL BLACK POINTS
245pts (49t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)
ALL BLACK NUMBER
992
The All Black Games that Howlett played.
(+) = substitute; (-) = replaced
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2000
16 Jun vs Tonga at Albany 102-0 (+)
11 Nov vs France at Paris 39-26
18 Nov vs France at Marseille 33-42
25 Nov vs Italy at Genova 56-19
2001
16 Jun vs Samoa at Albany 50-6
23 Jun vs Argentina at Christchurch 67-19 (+)
30 Jun vs France at Wellington 37-12 (+)
21 Jul vs South Africa at Cape Town 12-3
11 Aug vs Australia at Dunedin 15-23 (-)
1 Sep vs Australia at Sydney 26-29 (-)
17 Nov vs Ireland at Dublin 40-29
24 Nov vs Scotland at Edinburgh 37-6
1 Dec vs Argentina at Buenos Aires 24-20
2002
8 Jun vs Italy at Hamilton 64-10 (-)
15 Jun vs Ireland at Dunedin 15-6 (-)
22 Jun vs Ireland at Auckland 40-8 (+)
29 Jun vs Fiji at Wellington 68-18
13 Jul vs Australia at Christchurch 12-6
20 Jul vs South Africa at Wellington 41-20 (-)
3 Aug vs Australia at Sydney 14-16
10 Aug vs South Africa at Durban 30-23
9 Nov vs England at London 28-31
16 Nov vs France at Paris 20-20
23 Nov vs Wales at Cardiff 43-17
2003
14 Jun vs England at Wellington 13-15
21 Jun vs Wales at Hamilton 55-3
28 Jun vs France at Christchurch 31-23
19 Jul vs South Africa at Pretoria 52-16
26 Jul vs Australia at Sydney 50-21 (-)
9 Aug vs South Africa at Dunedin 19-11
16 Aug vs Australia at Auckland 21-17
11 Oct vs Italy at Melbourne 70-7
17 Oct vs Canada at Melbourne 68-6 (+)
24 Oct vs Tonga at Brisbane 91-7
2 Nov vs Wales at Sydney 53-37
8 Nov vs South Africa at Melbourne 29-9
15 Nov vs Australia at Sydney 10-22
20 Nov vs France at Sydney 40-13
2004
12 Jun vs England at Dunedin 36-3
17 Jul vs Australia at Wellington 16-7
24 Jul vs South Africa at Christchurch 23-21
7 Aug vs Australia at Sydney 18-23
14 Aug vs South Africa at Johannesburg 26-40
20 Nov vs Wales at Cardiff 26-25
27 Nov vs France at Paris 45-6 (-)
4 Dec vs Barbarians at London 47-19
2005
10 Jun vs Fiji at Albany 91-0
25 Jun vs British & Irish Lions at Christchurch 21-3
3 Sep vs Australia at Auckland 34-24
12 Nov vs Ireland at Dublin 45-7
2006
10 Jun vs Ireland at Hamilton 34-23
17 Jun vs Ireland at Auckland 27-17
22 Jul vs South Africa at Wellington 35-17
19 Aug vs Australia at Auckland 34-27
2 Sep vs South Africa at Rustenberg 20-21
2007
9 Jun vs France at Wellington 61-10 (+)
16 Jun vs Canada at Hamilton 64-13
14 Jul vs South Africa at Christchurch 33-6 (-)
21 Jul vs Australia at Auckland 26-12
8 Sep vs Italy at Marseille 76-14
23 Sep vs Scotland at Edinburgh 40-0
29 Sep vs Romania at Toulouse 85-8 (+)
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Dylan Gabriel MIKA
Date of Birth:
17/04/1972
Representative Teams
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ALL BLACKS in 1999 - 7 Tests and 1 other Match.
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All Black No. 982
Position:
Loose Forward
Biography:
Dylan Mika was a tall (1.94m) and athletic loose forward who emerged as an exceptional prospect in a starring role for Auckland at a national sevens tournament in the early 90s. Even though he never made a national sevens squad Mika impressed especially with his skills in the air.
Mika went on to a worthy career but without perhaps becoming the great player he he promised to be in his early years. He was undoubtedly unfortunate to be in Auckland at a time when both the provincial side and the Blues Super 12 franchise had an abundance of backrow riches.
When Mika entered first class rugby Michael Jones and Zinzan Brooke were still in their prime and others who were also vying for Auckland places were Charles Riechelmann, Mark Carter and Andrew Blowers.
But between 1994 and 2000 Mika achieved 55 games for Auckland and 23 Super 12 games for the Blues. Some of his advancement, too, was slowed by the fact he appeared for Samoa, for which he qualified by parentage, in seven matches in 1994-95.
He was identified as a possible All Black by coach John Hart when he took over in 1996 and significantly Mika went on that year's end of the season short tour of Britain with the Barbarians. But international eligibility was then becoming a vexed issue and his games for Samoa in 1994-95 meant he had to observe a three-year standown period.
In 1999, when he was drafted to the Chiefs for that year's Super 12, he re-emerged as an All Black contender. Playing either blindside flanker or No 8, Mika had his best Super 12 season and often captained the Chiefs.
He was thus introduced for the All Blacks that year. He came on as a substitute in the warmup match in Christchurch against New Zealand A and had his first full game for the All Blacks in the test against Manu Samoa at Albany. Samoa that night was captained by his first cousin, Pat Lam.
Mika then played in the rout at Athletic Park of France and in the 1999 tri-nations appeared twice against Australia and as a substitute against South Africa. At the 1999 World Cup, though, he was only lightly used, playing only the full match against Italy in which he scored a try and coming on as a replacement for the last 20 minutes of the plate match against South Africa.
That ended Mika's All Black involvement. In 2000 after playing for Auckland in the NPC and the Blues in the Super 12 he took up a contract in Japan. Like a player of similar age and an All Black in 2000, Jason O'Halloran, Mika was an insulin-dependent diabetic. 2002 All Black lock Bradley Mika is a relative.
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FULL NAME
Dylan Gabriel Mika
BORN
Monday, 17 April 1972 in Auckland
AGE
37
PHYSICAL
1.94m, 108kg
POSITION
Loose forward
LAST SCHOOL
St Peter's College (Auckland)
RUGBY CLUB
(First made All Blacks from)
Auckland Marist
PROVINCE
Auckland
ALL BLACK DEBUT
Friday, 11 June 1999
v New Zealand 'A' at Christchurch
aged 27 years, 55 days
INTERNATIONAL DEBUT
Friday, 18 June 1999
v Samoa at Albany
aged 27 years, 62 days
LAST TEST
Thursday, 4 November 1999
v South Africa at Cardiff
aged 27 years, 201 days
ALL BLACK TESTS
7 (0 as Captain)
ALL BLACK GAMES
1 (0 as Captain)
TOTAL ALL BLACK MATCHES
8 (0 as Captain)
ALL BLACK TEST POINTS
5pts (1t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)
ALL BLACK GAME POINTS
0pts
TOTAL ALL BLACK POINTS
5pts (1t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)
ALL BLACK NUMBER
982
The All Black Games that Mika played.
(+) = substitute; (-) = replaced
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1999
11 Jun vs New Zealand 'A' at Christchurch 22-11 (+)
18 Jun vs Samoa at Albany 71-13
26 Jun vs France at Wellington 54-7 (-)
10 Jul vs South Africa at Dunedin 28-0 (+)
24 Jul vs Australia at Auckland 34-15 (-)
28 Aug vs Australia at Sydney 7-28 (-)
14 Oct vs Italy at Huddersfield 101-3
4 Nov vs South Africa at Cardiff 18-22 (+)
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Xavier Joseph RUSH
Date of Birth:
13/07/1977
Representative Teams
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ALL BLACKS 1998 and 2004 - 8 Tests and no other Matches.
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All Black No. 978
Position:
Number Eight Forward
Biography:
Many New Zealanders would probably do anything to just get one chance to fulfil childhood dreams and wear the All Black jersey even if it meant the rest of one’s career being spent in the wilderness.
But there must have been times when the Auckland loose forward Xavier Rush wondered whether in 1998, when he made his test debut against Australia in Sydney, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Rush was called up at No 8 for the final match of what had been a horror season for the All Blacks largely because of injuries. Rush was only 21 at the time and it seemed to several critics that his promotion to the test side had been premature and a better option may have been one of the Waikato pairing of Aaron Hopa or Deon Muir. As it happened, the All Blacks lost their fifth consecutive match for the 1998 season and a contibuting factor to the final Wallaby try, which clinched their win, was Rush’s failure to take a high kick.
Whether fairly or not, Rush was deemed a convenient scapegoat and it was 2004 before he was called on again at the top level. In the interim his only national recognition came in 1999 when he was in the New Zealand Academy XV which met Australia’s second XV, the Barbarians, in a midweek match at Pukekohe.
He was overlooked for the New Zealand A selection which played a series of matches in 1999 to help fringe players for that year’s World Cup squad. He again missed the New Zealand A side which toured Europe in 2000 and despite good form in the 2002 national provincial championship was not in an understrength All Black side for the tour of England, France and Wales.
Yet Rush, both for Auckland at NPC level and for the Blues in the Super 12, produced some fine rugby and has proved himself, in leading Auckland to the 2002 NPC title, the Blues to the Super 12 crown in 2003 and then Auckland to lifting the Ranfurly Shield in 2003, an inspiring captain.
With a new All Black coaching and selection panel in place in 2004 Rush was given an All Black trial, then selected on merit for two home tests against England, the one-off match against the Pacific Islands and four Tr-Nations tests. After playing well against an unimpressive England side Rush struggled in the later Tri-Nations matches, as did the whole All Black team, and was not required for the end of season northern hemisphere tour. His cause was not helped by his Auckland team having an indifferent NPC season. After captaining the Blues in the 2005 Super 12, and playing well himself in an underperforming side, he left to take up a contract with the Cardiff Blues. He had previously turned down offers to move to Japan.
While relatively short at about 1.87m Rush was able to use his 108kg bulk to good effect in breaking over advantage lines. He has shown himself to be an adept link in open play, to be a strong defender and to have a high work rate.
After showing considerable promise at Auckland’s Sacred Heart College, Rush was earmarked for rugby distinction from his teenage years. He was in the national secondary schools side in 1995, captained the national under 19s in 1996 and the New Zealand Colts in 1997-98. In 1998 he also had a game for New Zealand A against the touring England side.
Rush made his debuts for both the Blues and Auckland in 1997 and by the end of the 2005 season had 87 games for the Blues and 74 for Auckland.
Rush’s sister, Annaleah, a centre, was an outstanding member of the Black Ferns 1998 and 2002 World Cup champion sides. She played for New Zealand against Australia in the curtainraiser to the 1998 Bledisloe Cup match, a rare, and probably unique, instance of brother and sister playing internationals on the same day and at the same venue.
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FULL NAME
Xavier Joseph Rush
BORN
Wednesday, 13 July 1977 in Auckland
AGE
31
PHYSICAL
1.87m, 108kg
POSITION
Number eight
LAST SCHOOL
Sacred Heart College
RUGBY CLUB
(First made All Blacks from)
Auckland Marist
PROVINCE
Auckland
SUPER 12 TEAM
Blues
ALL BLACK DEBUT
Saturday, 29 August 1998
v Australia at Sydney
aged 21 years, 47 days
INTERNATIONAL DEBUT
Saturday, 29 August 1998
v Australia at Sydney
aged 21 years, 47 days
LAST TEST
Saturday, 14 August 2004
v South Africa at Johannesburg
aged 27 years, 32 days
ALL BLACK TESTS
8 (0 as Captain)
ALL BLACK GAMES
0 (0 as Captain)
TOTAL ALL BLACK MATCHES
8 (0 as Captain)
ALL BLACK TEST POINTS
0pts
ALL BLACK GAME POINTS
0pts
TOTAL ALL BLACK POINTS
0pts
ALL BLACK NUMBER
978
The All Black Games that Rush played.
(+) = substitute; (-) = replaced
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1998
29 Aug vs Australia at Sydney 14-19
2004
12 Jun vs England at Dunedin 36-3
19 Jun vs England at Auckland 36-12 (-)
10 Jul vs Pacific Islanders at Albany 41-26
17 Jul vs Australia at Wellington 16-7
24 Jul vs South Africa at Christchurch 23-21
7 Aug vs Australia at Sydney 18-23 (-)
14 Aug vs South Africa at Johannesburg 26-40 (-)
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Shane Paul HOWARTH
Date of Birth:
08/07/1968
Representative Teams
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ALL BLACKS from 1993 to 1994 - 4 Tests and 6 other Matches.
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All Black No. 939.
Position:
Fullback
Biography:
If for reasons he himself did not welcome, Shane Howarth occupies an important position in international rugby for it was largely because of his case that stricter international eligibility regulations were introduced during 2000.
Howarth was an All Black fullback in 1993-94, but after moving to Britain a year or two later he was included in the Wales national side on the basis that he had Welsh grandparentage. In 2000 an investigation by a British newspaper showed that that was not the case and as Howarth had not served a residential qualification he had not really been entitled to have played for Wales.
By then Howarth under his old Auckland coach Graham Henry had been a regular Wales selection for a good three seasons including playing a leading role in the 1999 World Cup. Another New Zealander Brett Sinkinson was found to similarly ineligible. As a result the Wales union was heavily fined by the International Board, Howarth and Sinkinson were banned from selection and subsquently the International Board stipulated that once a player had been an international for one country he could no longer be chosen by another.
That new requirement affected significantly Howarth's native country for up until then there had been considerable, albeit often confusing, interchanges of players between the Pacific island nations and the All Blacks.
But apart from his involvement in the "grannygate" scandal Howarth deserved to be remembered for his considerable competence as a footballer who was skilled not only at fullback but as a first five eighths.
Howarth also showed courage and determination in becoming a leading player. After showing promise as a schoolboy in Auckland Howarth in early 1987 seemed to have lost his chances of a rugby career when he was involved in a serious diving accident which almost left him a pareplegic. But by 1988 he was back in the Auckland colts side and in the next year or two developed further as a member of some crack, star-studded Marist club sides.
In 1990 Howarth was given an All Black trial before he had played for Auckland and that year began a lengthy association with New Zealand Maori sides. He also made the national development side for a tour of Canada that year but had to wait until 1992 before he became a regular first choice for what were then some unusually strong Auckland sides.
With Auckland Howarth was usually the second string goalkicker behind the champion Grant Fox, but in a Ranfurly Shield defence in 1993 against North Otago in Oamaru he received sufficient chances to amass 36 points. Remarkably in the same match wing John Kirwan scored eight tries for a tally of 40 points.
Howarth's good form for Auckland and his consistency with NZ Maori and in national trials won him an All Black place on the end of the year 1993 tour of Scotland and England. He was the fullback understudy to John Timu and failed to make the test lineup, but he performed well in his six matches topping the team's individual scoring with 81 points. In early 1994 he toured again with a development squad, effectively New Zealand A, to Argentina.
Later that year Timu after the two test losses against France was moved back to the wing and Howarth was introduced for the three tests against the Springboks. He enjoyed instant success and in his test debut at Carisbrook, one day after his 26th birthday, kicked 17 points. In the third test he kicked six penalties in the All Blacks' 18-all draw.
Retained for the one-off Bledisloe Cup international in Sydney, Howarth scored a try and kicked 11 points to provide the All Blacks with all their points. But he was also pinpointed as having been a factor in the 16-20 defeat in the opening minute he was beaten in the air when Jason Little scored a shock try. For all his skills and fine qualities Howarth did lack height and also, despite a sevens background, blistering pace.
In 1995 he played in the final trial and for a New Zealand XV against Canada, but was overlooked for the World Cup squad. Midway through the season he made the last of his 62 matches for Auckland and switched to league in Australia before moving onto British rugby.
In 1997 he reappeared in New Zealand appearing three times for the Blues in the Super 12, but by then he had become more established in Britain with the Sale club. Before what turned out to be an ill fated stint with Wales there was speculation he might even play for England.
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FULL NAME
Shane Paul Howarth
BORN
Monday, 8 July 1968 in Auckland
AGE
40
PHYSICAL
1.72m, 82kg
POSITION
Fullback
LAST SCHOOL
St Peter's College (Auckland)
RUGBY CLUB
(First made All Blacks from)
Auckland Marist
PROVINCE
Auckland
ALL BLACK DEBUT
Tuesday, 26 October 1993
v Midlands at Leicester
aged 25 years, 110 days
INTERNATIONAL DEBUT
Saturday, 9 July 1994
v South Africa at Dunedin
aged 26 years, 1 days
LAST TEST
Wednesday, 17 August 1994
v Australia at Sydney
aged 26 years, 40 days
ALL BLACK TESTS
4 (0 as Captain)
ALL BLACK GAMES
6 (0 as Captain)
TOTAL ALL BLACK MATCHES
10 (0 as Captain)
ALL BLACK TEST POINTS
54pts (1t, 2c, 15p, 0dg, 0m)
ALL BLACK GAME POINTS
81pts (3t, 15c, 12p, 0dg, 0m)
TOTAL ALL BLACK POINTS
135pts (4t, 17c, 27p, 0dg, 0m)
ALL BLACK NUMBER
939
The All Black Games that Howarth played.
(+) = substitute; (-) = replaced
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1993
26 Oct vs Midlands at Leicester 12-6
2 Nov vs England North at Liverpool 27-21
10 Nov vs South of Scotland at Galashiels 84-5
16 Nov vs Scottish Development XV at Edinburgh 31-12
23 Nov vs England Emerging Players at Gloucester 30-19
30 Nov vs Combined Services at Plymouth 13-3
1994
9 Jul vs South Africa at Dunedin 22-14
23 Jul vs South Africa at Wellington 13-9
6 Aug vs South Africa at Auckland 18-18
17 Aug vs Australia at Sydney 16-20
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Patrick Richard "Pat" LAM
Date of Birth:
29/09/1968
Representative Teams
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ALL BLACKS in 1992 - 0 Tests and 1 other Match.
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All Black No. 928
Position:
Loose Forward
Biography:
Pat Lam is better known internationally for his involvement with Manu Samoa, for whom he qualified by parentage despite his Auckland birth.
But he played briefly for the All Blacks, being called into the 1992 tour of Australia because of injuries and making just the one appearance before being replaced in a heavy defeat to a Sydney selection.
Lam had his cameo appearance for the All Blacks even though in the previous year he had committed himself to Samoa and had played a leading role in their surprise success at the 1991 World Cup.
He was, however, very much a product of the New Zealand rugby system, showing exceptional promise as a first XV player at Auckland's St Peter's College. He captained the national secondary schools side in Japan in 1987, going on to then captain the New Zealand colts in 1989 and play for New Zealand the same year in international sevens tournaments.
But as a loose forward either as a flanker or No 8 Lam had trouble establishing a regular representative spot in what were then immensely strong Auckland lineups. Among his provincial rivals were Zinzan Brooke, Michael Jones and Mark Carter.
Between 1990 and 1994 he had 30 appearances for Auckland and to gain more chances he moved to North Harbour. In 1995-96 he played 16 matches for that union.
In 1996, too, he had been unable to secure a place in either of the two northern Super 12 franchises, the Blues or the Chiefs, and as a draft player he joined the Crusaders, but made only three appearances in a season in which the later immensely successful Canterbury-based franchise finished last.
By then Lam had become well established again with Manu Samoa. He played again for them at the 1995 World Cup in South Africa and by then the captaincy transistion from Peter Fatialofa to Lam was taking place. A trained teacher, Lam had many advantages, having been so thoroughly drilled in New Zealand practices. He was also something of a protege of the Auckland coach of the early to mid 1990s, Graham Henry.
Ironically, Lam's greatest triumph came in the 1999 World Cup tournment when he led Samoa to a 38-31 win over the Henry-coached Wales side. Lam was in the veteran stage then but showed surprising speed to score one of Samoa's tries.
In the last few years of his career Lam was able to maintain his links with Samoa through playing in English club rugby. He quit international rugby after Samoa's quarterfinal playoff loss to the Scotland in 1999.
Lam's first cousin was Dylan Mika, who was an All Black through the 1999 season. He, too, was a loose forward and the pair played against each other in a test when the All Blacks and Manu Samoa meet at the North Harbour Stadium in the early part of the 1999 season.
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FULL NAME
Patrick Richard Lam
BORN
Sunday, 29 September 1968 in Auckland
AGE
40
PHYSICAL
1.88m, 95kg
POSITION
Loose forward
LAST SCHOOL
St Peter's College (Auckland)
RUGBY CLUB
(First made All Blacks from)
Auckland Marist
PROVINCE
Auckland
ALL BLACK DEBUT
Wednesday, 22 July 1992
v Sydney at Sydney
aged 23 years, 297 days
ALL BLACK TESTS
0 (0 as Captain)
ALL BLACK GAMES
1 (0 as Captain)
TOTAL ALL BLACK MATCHES
1 (0 as Captain)
ALL BLACK GAME POINTS
0pts
TOTAL ALL BLACK POINTS
0pts
ALL BLACK NUMBER
928
The All Black Games that Lam played.
(+) = substitute; (-) = replaced
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1992
22 Jul vs Sydney at Sydney 17-40 (-)
Lam did not score any points for the All Blacks.
Lam played in no test matches for the All Blacks.
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Robin Matthew BROOKE
Date of Birth:
10/12/1966
Representative Teams
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ALL BLACKS from 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, to 1999 - 62 Tests and 7 Matches.
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All Black No. 924
Position:
Lock Forward
Biography:
The youngest of the three brothers who made significant contributions to Auckland and New Zealand Maori in the 1980s and 1990s, Robin Brooke was, in many ways, the least flashy of the trio. He certainly did not have quite the same flamboyance and flair as Zinzan, his elder brother by 22 months and with whom he played so much in the All Blacks and for Auckland and the Blues.
But Robin Brooke in his own right had special qualities. He, too, was athletic and surprisingly mobile in the open. But as a lock he was more of a workhorse and his power in scrummaging and in other forward aspects made him an invaluable member of All Black packs.
There was a strong belief into the mid to late 1990s that any below-par All Black pack performance almost invariably coincided when Brooke was either injured or unavailable. So much so that, for example, there were frantic efforts to get Brooke, as well as Zinzan, over their respective injuries so that they could take their places in the 1995 World Cup tournament.
Brooke's longest absences from the All Blacks came on the 1993 tour of England and Scotland when, because of a calf injury he did not play a match and won the nickname, "Foodbill," and during the 1994 season. Significantly, four of the six tests in which Brooke was absent in this period were lost.
As were his brothers, Robin excelled as a rugby player on the family farm near Warkworth and was chosen from the small Mahurangi College for the 1984 national secondary schools side coached by Graham Henry.
But though he was a New Zealand Colts player by 1987, Robin Brooke took a surprising amount of time to break into both the Auckland and All Black sides. In the Auckland side he had to beat his brother Martin, Gary Whetton and Mata'afa Keenan for a regular locking spot. And in the early 1990s the All Blacks' preferred locks were Whetton and Ian Jones.
Laurie Mains gave Robin Brooke his first chance at All Black level, selecting him and another Aucklander, Olo Brown, for their test debuts against Ireland in 1992. Ironically, at the time of his test promotion, his illustrious brother Zinzan was struggling to win the favour of Mains and his new coaching and selection regime.
But soon both Brookes were stalwart members of Mains' pack and when the coach finished his stint with the All Blacks at the end of the 1995 season it was the brothers who placed Mains on their shoulders and carried him from the field.
Brooke's role in the All Blacks continued when John Hart succeeded Mains and he was one of a magnificent pack which in 1996 helped the All Blacks make history by becoming the first to win a test series on South African soil.
From the mid to late 1990s Brooke remained, too, a leading contributor to triumphs both by the Auckland provincial side at NPC and Ranfurly Shield levels and the Blues in the Super 12, including the first two titles in 1996-97. Always an uncompromising and occasionally abrasive character on the field, Brooke also had his share of controversy and made frequent appearances before the judiciary. He and Eric Rush were ordered from the field in the infamous "Battle of Onewa Domain" NPC final in 1994 and he copped a lengthy suspension for that.
By 1998 Brooke was a senior pro in the All Blacks and been made the team's vice captain. It was even suggested that he might have replaced Taine Randell as captain in 1999 but for controversies affecting the Blues in the Super 12. Amid some confusion and debate Randell was retained as captain.
Brooke played the last of his 62 tests for the All Blacks in the disastrous semifinal defeat to France at Twickenham and may have taken some blame for the meek surrender in the second spell. He was omitted for the third-fourth playoff five days later against the Springboks.
Brooke captained the Blues in the Super 12s of 2000 and 2001 and was in the Auckland NPC sides in those two seasons before retiring at the end of the 2001 season. But he was never considered for All Black selection again.
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FULL NAME
Robin Matthew Brooke
BORN
Saturday, 10 December 1966 in Warkworth
AGE
42
PHYSICAL
1.97m, 109kg
POSITION
Lock
LAST SCHOOL
Mahurangi College
RUGBY CLUB
(First made All Blacks from)
Auckland Marist
PROVINCE
Auckland
RUGBY NICKNAME
Moose
ALL BLACK DEBUT
Saturday, 6 June 1992
v Ireland at Wellington
aged 25 years, 179 days
INTERNATIONAL DEBUT
Saturday, 6 June 1992
v Ireland at Wellington
aged 25 years, 179 days
LAST TEST
Sunday, 31 October 1999
v France at London
aged 32 years, 325 days
ALL BLACK TESTS
62 (0 as Captain)
ALL BLACK GAMES
7 (0 as Captain)
TOTAL ALL BLACK MATCHES
69 (0 as Captain)
ALL BLACK TEST POINTS
20pts (4t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)
ALL BLACK GAME POINTS
0pts
TOTAL ALL BLACK POINTS
20pts (4t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)
ALL BLACK NUMBER
924
The All Black Games that Brooke played.
(+) = substitute; (-) = replaced
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1992
6 Jun vs Ireland at Wellington 59-6
21 Jun vs Western Australia at Perth 80-0
28 Jun vs N.S.W. at Sydney 41-9
4 Jul vs Australia at Sydney 15-16
12 Jul vs Queensland at Brisbane 26-19
19 Jul vs Australia at Brisbane 17-19
25 Jul vs Australia at Sydney 26-23 (-)
8 Aug vs Junior South Africa at Pretoria 25-10
15 Aug vs South Africa at Johannesburg 27-24
1993
12 Jun vs British & Irish Lions at Christchurch 20-18
26 Jun vs British & Irish Lions at Wellington 7-20
3 Jul vs British & Irish Lions at Auckland 30-13
17 Jul vs Australia at Dunedin 25-10
31 Jul vs Samoa at Auckland 35-13
1994
23 Jul vs South Africa at Wellington 13-9
6 Aug vs South Africa at Auckland 18-18
1995
22 Apr vs Canada at Auckland 73-7
4 Jun vs Japan at Bloemfontein 145-17
11 Jun vs Scotland at Pretoria 48-30
18 Jun vs England at Cape Town 45-29
24 Jun vs South Africa at Johannesburg 12-15
22 Jul vs Australia at Auckland 28-16
29 Jul vs Australia at Sydney 34-23
28 Oct vs Italy at Bologna 70-6
4 Nov vs Languedoc-Roussillon at Beziers 30-9
11 Nov vs France at Toulouse 15-22
18 Nov vs France at Paris 37-12
1996
7 Jun vs Samoa at Napier 51-10
15 Jun vs Scotland at Dunedin 62-31
22 Jun vs Scotland at Auckland 36-12
6 Jul vs Australia at Wellington 43-6
20 Jul vs South Africa at Christchurch 15-11
27 Jul vs Australia at Brisbane 32-25
10 Aug vs South Africa at Cape Town 29-18
17 Aug vs South Africa at Durban 23-19
24 Aug vs South Africa at Pretoria 33-26 (-)
31 Aug vs South Africa at Johannesburg 22-32 (-)
1997
14 Jun vs Fiji at Albany 71-5
21 Jun vs Argentina at Wellington 93-8
28 Jun vs Argentina at Hamilton 62-10
5 Jul vs Australia at Christchurch 30-13
19 Jul vs South Africa at Johannesburg 35-32
26 Jul vs Australia at Melbourne 33-18
9 Aug vs South Africa at Auckland 55-35
16 Aug vs Australia at Dunedin 36-24
8 Nov vs Llanelli at Llanelli 81-3
15 Nov vs Ireland at Dublin 63-15 (-)
22 Nov vs England at Manchester 25-8
29 Nov vs Wales at London 42-7
6 Dec vs England at London 26-26
1998
20 Jun vs England at Dunedin 64-22
27 Jun vs England at Auckland 40-10
11 Jul vs Australia at Melbourne 16-24
25 Jul vs South Africa at Wellington 3-13
1 Aug vs Australia at Christchurch 23-27
15 Aug vs South Africa at Durban 23-24
29 Aug vs Australia at Sydney 14-19 (-)
1999
11 Jun vs New Zealand 'A' at Christchurch 22-11 (-)
18 Jun vs Samoa at Albany 71-13
26 Jun vs France at Wellington 54-7
10 Jul vs South Africa at Dunedin 28-0 (-)
24 Jul vs Australia at Auckland 34-15 (-)
7 Aug vs South Africa at Pretoria 34-18 (-)
28 Aug vs Australia at Sydney 7-28 (-)
3 Oct vs Tonga at Bristol 45-9
9 Oct vs England at London 30-16 (-)
14 Oct vs Italy at Huddersfield 101-3 (+)
24 Oct vs Scotland at Edinburgh 30-18
31 Oct vs France at London 31-43 (-)
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Bernard Joseph "Bernie" McCAHILL
Date of Birth:
28/06/1964
Representative Teams
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ALL BLACKS from 1987, 88, 89, 90, to 1991 - 10 Tests and 22 Matches
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All Black No. 884
Position:
Second Five-Eighth and Centre Three-Quarter
Biography:
While never quite achieving the fame of some of his team-mates and contemporaries such as John Kirwan, Joe Stanley and Grant Fox, Bernie McCahill was a worthy contributor to the fine Auckland sides of the 1980s. And because of his workmanlike, unselfish qualities McCahill was a frequent member of All Black squads from 1987 through to 1991, even though he was only briefly a first choice player.
McCahill was first chosen by John Hart as a teenager for Auckland in 1984 and his promise was quickly recognised with selection in each of the 1984 and 1985 seasons for the New Zealand Colts. But he struggled to gain a regular place in the Auckland side, having to compete for a midfield spot against Stanley and Kurt Sherlock.
And even when Sherlock had moved to league McCahill contined to face stiff midfield competition from the likes of Frank Bunce and Craig Innes. McCahill became more established in the 1987 season, and that coincided with his surprise inclusion in the that year's World Cup squad.
Selection for the Barbarians, however for an early season tour of Britain indicated he was in the frame and McCahill was duly preferred as the midfield backup to Stanley and Warwick Taylor ahead of an old club-mate from Auckland Marist, John Schuster.
McCahill had one full game in the tournament against Argentina, making his test debut with another Marist club-mate and close friend, Zinzan Brooke, and two other appearances as a replacement.
In 1998 McCahill lost his place in the national midfield pecking order to Schuster, but as a replacement on the 1988 tour of Australia, to Wales-Ireland in 1989 and to France in 1990, McCahill continued as an All Black squad member.
After another tour, to Argentina in 1990, McCahill had his only long term stint as a test first choice when for the Beldisloe Cup test at Eden Park in 1991 and for the bulk of the World Cup that year he was preferred at second five to Walter Little.
But he was judged harshly in the semifinal loss to Australia in Dublin, particularly when in the third-fourth playoff Little was the best All Black back. From then on his future All Black chances were doomed, especially as a new selection panel took over and the influence of McCahill's main backer, John Hart, was removed.
McCahill, however, did have an All Black trial early in 1992 and it was typical of his selflessness that he volunteered to take the added pressure of goalkicking when in this match some of his younger team-mates had been reluctant to take on the duty.
McCahill played 32 matches for the All Blacks including 10 tests and as well as two World Cup tournaments participated in five tours. He also appeared in five zonal matches, five trials and was in the New Zealand XV and New Zealand B selections in 1991.
Of his 139 first class games 91 between 1984 and 1993 were for Auckland and it is a reflection of the union's supremacy in that decade that not one of his Auckland games were in a losing side.
McCahill later turned to coaching, for a time with Zinzan Brooke with the Harlequins in Britain and then with the Marist club in Auckland.
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FULL NAME
Bernard Jospeh McCahill
BORN
Sunday, 28 June 1964 in Auckland
AGE
45
PHYSICAL
1.83m, 78kg
POSITION
Second five-eighth and centre three-quarter
LAST SCHOOL
St Peter's College (Auckland)
RUGBY CLUB
(First made All Blacks from)
Auckland Marist
PROVINCE
Auckland
ALL BLACK DEBUT
Monday, 1 June 1987
v Argentina at Wellington
aged 22 years, 338 days
INTERNATIONAL DEBUT
Monday, 1 June 1987
v Argentina at Wellington
aged 22 years, 338 days
LAST TEST
Sunday, 27 October 1991
v Australia at Dublin
aged 27 years, 121 days
ALL BLACK TESTS
10 (0 as Captain)
ALL BLACK GAMES
22 (0 as Captain)
TOTAL ALL BLACK MATCHES
32 (0 as Captain)
ALL BLACK TEST POINTS
4pts (1t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)
ALL BLACK GAME POINTS
12pts (3t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)
TOTAL ALL BLACK POINTS
16pts (4t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)
ALL BLACK NUMBER
884
The All Black Games that McCahill played.
(+) = substitute; (-) = replaced
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1987
1 Jun vs Argentina at Wellington 46-15
6 Jun vs Scotland at Christchurch 30-3 (+)
14 Jun vs Wales at Brisbane 49-6 (+)
25 Oct vs Japan at Osaka 74-0
1 Nov vs Japan at Tokyo 106-4
4 Nov vs J.R.U. Presidents XV at Tokyo 38-9
1988
29 Jun vs N.S.W. Country at Singleton 29-4
6 Jul vs A.C.T. at Queanbeyan 16-3
13 Jul vs Queensland B at Townsville 39-3 (-)
1989
15 Jul vs Argentina at Dunedin 60-9 (+)
29 Jul vs Argentina at Wellington 49-12 (+)
8 Oct vs British Columbia at Vancouver 48-3
18 Oct vs Pontypool at Pontypool 47-6 (+)
21 Oct vs Swansea at Swansea 37-22
31 Oct vs Newport at Newport 54-9
8 Nov vs Leinster at Dublin 36-9
11 Nov vs Munster at Cork 31-9 (+)
14 Nov vs Connacht at Galway 40-6
21 Nov vs Ulster at Belfast 21-3
1990
17 Oct vs Provence/Cote D'Azur Invitation XV at Toulon 15-19
24 Oct vs A French XV at Brive 27-24
30 Oct vs Cote Basque-Landes at Bayonne 12-18
6 Nov vs A French XV at La Rochelle 22-15
1991
19 Jun vs Cordoba at Cordoba 38-9
25 Jun vs Tucuman at Tucuman 21-9
2 Jul vs Cuyo at Mendoza 47-12
9 Jul vs Mar del Plata at Mar del Plata 48-6
24 Aug vs Australia at Auckland 6-3
3 Oct vs England at London 18-12
8 Oct vs USA at Gloucester 46-6
20 Oct vs Canada at Lille 29-13
27 Oct vs Australia at Dublin 6-16
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