Taranaki Rugby Football Union

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Template:Short description Template:Use New Zealand English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Taranaki Rugby Football Union (TRFU, Taranaki Rugby) is the governing body for rugby union in Taranaki, New Zealand. Established in 1885,[1] it is based in New Plymouth. The union's traditional colours are amber and black.

The Taranaki Bulls and Taranaki Whio are the two most senior representative men's and women's teams, competing in the NPC and Farah Palmer Cup respectively. The Bulls typically play their home games at Stadium Taranaki in New Plymouth, while the Whio play at Stadium Taranaki and other venues across the province.

Taranaki Rugby is part of the Chiefs Super Rugby region[2] and has a 23.1% ownership stake in the franchise.

History

Early years

Taranaki was officially established in 1889 after a team chosen from the surrounding clubs in existence played as Egmont in 1885. They began with a brown coloured jersey before adopting the amber and black hoops in 1892. During the amateur period, the team won the Ranfurly Shield on four occasions. It had also won seven-second division titles in the National Provincial Championship, more than any other team. Further notable moments were in 1959, when a record 35,000 spectators attended Rugby Park in New Plymouth to see the province play the British Lions. Two years later 36,000 people were on hand to watch France defeat the side 11-9.[3] Their first Ranfurly Shield victory came in 1913 when Auckland was defeated 14-11. Six successful defences followed before a 12-6 loss to Wellington in September 1914. In 1957 shield holders Wellington was defeated in a friendly match early in the year and a rematch was scheduled for later in the season. Otago defeated Wellington, and Otago accepted a special challenge by Taranaki. The match was played on 28 September 1957, the last Saturday of the season, after King Country gave up its scheduled fixture with Taranaki. Taranaki won against Otago for them to, later on, go a 13-match tenure.[3]

In 1963 Taranaki regained the Ranfurly Shield once again off Wellington with a win at Athletic Park. Their third tenure would be its most successful one. The first challenge came from Wanganui who were making their second challenge of the season, having lost earlier to Auckland. Wanganui later would suffer a further defeat in 1964. Taranaki lost to Auckland in their last defence in 1965 and would not reclaim the shield again until 1996 when they edged Auckland 42-39. North Harbour lost narrowly in a tight contest before Taranaki was beaten by 20 points against Waikato.[3]

Professional era

In August 2011 Taranaki defeated Southland 15-12 in Invercargill to begin a fifth tenure of the shield.[4] This ended in October 2012 when Waikato won the last challenge of the season.[5] In 2013 Taranaki RFU assembled a women's professional team although it was later disbanded the following year.[6] They claimed the national title for the first time in their history with a win over Tasman in the 2014 ITM Cup.[7] and Hawke's Bay in the 2023 competition.

Referees

Taranaki has a proud history of producing top level referees. Brian Duffy was the region's first test match referee and controlled six internationals, including one test between the British and Irish Lions and All Blacks in 1977. Paul Williams followed with his test debut coming in 2017.

Former sevens international Warwick Lahmert, Will Johnston and Chloe Sampson are in the National Panel and take charge of domestic competition matches. Richard Kelly featured in the panel for 12 years, including a successful sevens career, where he was the world's most capped sevens referee when he retired in March 2021. He controlled 280 matches over 52 tournaments, including the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018, 2018 World Rugby 7s World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympics, in which he refereed one semi-final. He is now an international television match official.

Other Taranaki referees have been involved in the national scene in the past, these are; Cam Stone, Dee Luckin, Darryl Heibner, Chris Pollock, Brian MacDonald, Paul Macfie, Stuart Beissell, Ross Whitmore, Paul Honiss, Russell Hodge and Murray Dombroski.

Affiliated clubs

There are 29 registered clubs incorporated and secondary schools affiliated with the Taranaki RFU, most of which have teams at both senior and junior levels. The Taranaki Rugby Referees' Association is also an affiliated member of the Taranaki RFU. The organisation provides match officials for senior club rugby down to junior grades. They also provide sideline support personnel to home National Provincial Championship, Super Rugby and test matches.

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Club Founded Total Premierships

(McMaster's Shield)

Premiership Winning Seasons All Blacks Mergers
Current Clubs Bell Block Rugby Sports and Community Club
Clifton Rugby & Sports Club 1880
Coastal Rugby & Sports Club 2009 Mark Robinson 2000-02, Beauden Barrett, Scott Barrett, Jordie Barrett Merger of the Okato RFC, the Rahotu RFC and the Opunake RFC.
Inglewood United RFC 1898 1940, 1960, 1970, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2006, 2014, 2021 Rugby in Inglewood began in 1893, when Inglewood’s first rugby club, the Athletic Club, was formed. Shortly after in 1896, the Pirates Club was formed. These two clubs united to form one club in 1898
Kaponga RFC 1907 Ian Eliason 1972-73, Kieran Crowley 1984-91
New Plymouth HSOB RFC 1919 17 1995 H.W. Brown 1924-26, R.A. Roper 1949-50, G. Beatt, 1950, N.J. Bowden, 1952, R.H. Brown, 1955–62, R.J. Boon, 1960, J.T. McEldowney, 1976–77, M. Watt, 1979–80, G. Slater, 1999, T. Tahuriorangi 2018, T. Vaa’i 2020
Okaiawa RFC
Patea Rugby and Sports Club:
Southern Rugby Club 2013 Jarrad Hoeata 2011 Merger of the Hawera RFC, the Hawera Athletic RFC and the Waimate RFC (Manaia).
Spotswood United Rugby & Sports Club 1991 2019 Merger of the Star RFC and the Spotswood Old Boys RFC.
Stratford-Eltham Rugby & Sports Club 2016 Merger of Stratford RFC and Eltham RFC.
Toko RFC
Tukapa Rugby & Sports Club 1892 17 2017, 2020, 2022
Former (defunct or merged) clubs Eltham RFC Francis Glasgow 1903–05, Roger Urbahn 1959–60, Brian Muller 1967–71, Bryce Robins 1985.
Hawera Athletic RFC 1925
Hawera RFC 1886
Okato RFC
Opunake RFC
Rahotu RFC
Star RFC 1889 1947, 1948 Lewis (Snip) Allen 1896-1901, A.L. Humphries 1897, H.L. Abbott 1905-06, T.N. Wolfe  1961-1968, R.J. Fraser 1979
Stratford RFC
Spotswood College Old Boys RFC 1964
Waimate RFC (Manaia) 1886

Players

Notable players

Taranaki has produced 83 men's New Zealand internationals to date.[25] Below is a list of New Zealand national rugby union players along with their number and year of debut in brackets.

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Personnel and statistics

Seasonal record

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2006 11th N/A 9 3 6 0 16 Paul Tito Kieran Crowley
2007 8th N/A 11 4 7 0 23 Tony Penn
2008 8th N/A 11 4 6 1 23 Adrian Kennedy
2009 8th N/A 13 6 6 1 28
2010 5th N/A 13 9 4 0 42 Craig Clarke Colin Cooper
2011Template:Efn 3rd Premiership 10 7 3 0 31
2012 4th Premiership 11 7 4 0 33
2013 6th Premiership 10 3 7 0 14 Kane Barrett
2014Template:Efn 1st Premiership 12 9 2 1 38 James Marshall
2015 4th Premiership 11 6 5 0 32 Charlie Ngatai
2016 2nd Premiership 11 7 3 1 37 Mitchell Crosswell
2017Template:Efn 1st Premiership 11 8 3 0 42 Charlie Ngatai
2018 7th Premiership 10 2 8 0 13 Mitchell Crosswell Willie Rickards
2019 5th Championship 10 4 6 0 18 Mitchell Brown
2020Template:Efn 4th Championship 11 4 7 0 24
2021Template:Efn 1st Championship 10 10 0 0 39 Mitchell Brown & Teihorangi Walden Neil Barnes
The table above shows the Taranaki RFU men's team progression throughout the professional era.
Source: New Zealand Rugby History
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List of centurions

Pos. Name Year Primary position Games played
1 Kieran Crowley 1980–1994 Fullback 199
2 Ian Eliason 1964–1981 Lock 222
3 Andrew Slater 1989–2001 Lock 183
4 Gordon Slater 1991–2005 Prop 174
5 Kevin Barrett 1986–1999 Lock 167
6 Bryce Robins 1980–1992 Wing 147
7 Dave Loveridge 1975–1986 Half-back 123
7 Murray Watts 1978–1985 Wing 123
9 Tony Penn 1999–2009 Prop 117
10 Shane McDonald 1991–2000 Hooker 116
11 Bull Allen 1988–1996 Prop 110
12 Warren Bunn 1979–1989 Prop 109
13 Dwight Murfitt 1984–1993 Wing 106
14 Graham Mourie 1975–1982 Flanker 104
14 Felix O'Carroll 1975–1983 Hooker 104
14 Lindsay Thomson 1983–1991 Lock 104
17 Ross Elmes 1980–1989 Prop 103
17 Kerry Eynon 1991–2000 Centre 103
19 Ian Eliason 1975–1981 Lock 102
20 Colin Cooper 1979–1987 Number 8 100
20 Paul Tito 1997–2006 Lock 100
The table above shows the Taranaki RFU men's centurions from 1975.
Source: New Zealand Rugby History
Updated: 11 September 2020

List of top try-scorers

Pos. Name Year Primary position Tries scored
1 Kieran Crowley 1980–1994 Fullback 64
2 Bryce Robins 1980–1992 Wing 59
3 Murray Watts 1978–1985 Wing 57
4 Shayne Austin 1998–2009 Wing 48
5 Charlie McAlister 1983–1987 Wing 36
6 Dwight Murfitt 1984–1993 Wing 33
7 Tony Arnold 1983–1987 Wing 32
8 Bull Allen 1988–1996 Prop 28
9 Andre Taylor 2010–2013 Fullback 27
10 Seta Tamanivalu 2012–2018 Centre 26
The table above shows the Taranaki RFU men's top 10 try-scorers from 1975.
Source: New Zealand Rugby History
Updated: 11 September 2020

List of top point-scorers

Pos. Name Year Primary position Points scored
1 Kieran Crowley 1980–1994 Fullback 1,723
2 Daryl Lilley 1993–2003 Fullback 777
3 Jamie Cameron 1992–1999 First five-eighth 614
4 Stephen Davidson 1975–1982 Fullback 588
5 Marty McKenzie 2014–2017 First five-eighth 392
6 Mark Urwin 1997–2003 First five-eighth 361
7 Willie Ripia 2008–2010 First five-eighth 317
8 Jason Holland 1997–1998 First five-eighth 259
9 Bryce Robins 1980–1992 Wing 258
10 Kelvin Mahon 1985–1993 Fullback 247
The table above shows the Taranaki RFU men's top 10 point-scorers from 1975.
Source: New Zealand Rugby History
Updated: 11 September 2020

References

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External links

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