The Manawatu rugby team, often known as the Manawatu Turbos, is a professional rugby team that plays in New Zealand’s Bunnings NPC competition. The team is also affiliated with the Hurricanes Super Rugby Pacific franchise.
Read on to discover even more about the Manawatu rugby team. On this page, you’ll find a detailed breakdown of the team’s history. You’ll also find all of their latest results and upcoming fixtures.
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The Manawatu rugby team, often known as the Manawatu Turbos, is a professional rugby team that plays in New Zealand’s Bunnings NPC competition. The team is also affiliated with the Hurricanes Super Rugby Pacific franchise.
Read on to discover even more about the Manawatu rugby team. On this page, you’ll find a detailed breakdown of the team’s history. You’ll also find all of their latest results and upcoming fixtures.
Bunnings NPC Bunnings NPC 
Bunnings NPC Evens | |||||||||||
| Round 12 | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | BP T | BP -7 | BP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-  Canterbury | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 389 | 208 | 181 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 41 |
-  North Harbour | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 408 | 266 | 142 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 30 |
-  Auckland | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 277 | 301 | -24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
-  Northland | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 228 | 288 | -60 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
-  Tasman Makos | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 282 | 282 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
-  Taranaki Bulls | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 193 | 270 | -77 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
-  Hawkes Bay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 72 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
-  Southland Stags | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 83 | -21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
-  Manawatu | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 194 | 428 | -234 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Odds | |||||||||||
| Round 12 | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | BP T | BP -7 | BP | Total |
-  Wellington | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 299 | 240 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 35 |
-  Bay of Plenty | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 369 | 283 | 86 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 34 |
-  Waikato | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 328 | 242 | 86 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 34 |
| - Hawkes Bay | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 290 | 211 | 79 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 28 |
-  Otago | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 274 | 269 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 25 |
-  Counties Manukau | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 256 | 335 | -79 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| - Auckland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 136 | 109 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| - Southland Stags | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 209 | 403 | -194 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| - Manawatu | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 182 | -108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Evens | |||||||||||
| Round 12 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - Canterbury | |||||||||||
| - North Harbour | |||||||||||
| - Auckland | |||||||||||
| - Northland | |||||||||||
| - Tasman Makos | |||||||||||
| - Taranaki Bulls | |||||||||||
| - Hawkes Bay | |||||||||||
| - Southland Stags | |||||||||||
| - Manawatu | |||||||||||
Odds | |||||||||||
| Round 12 | |||||||||||
| - Wellington | |||||||||||
| - Bay of Plenty | |||||||||||
| - Waikato | |||||||||||
| - Hawkes Bay | |||||||||||
| - Otago | |||||||||||
| - Counties Manukau | |||||||||||
| - Auckland | |||||||||||
| - Southland Stags | |||||||||||
| - Manawatu | |||||||||||
The Manawatu rugby union was formed back in 1886. When the National Provincial Championship was born in 1976, the modern day Manawatu rugby team was formed. Since then, the team has won the overall championship on one occasion, in 1980. In addition, the side has also been crowned as the winners of the competition’s championship division once, in 2014.
Today, the Manawatu rugby team competes in the championship division of the competition and they play their home games at Central Energy Trust Arena, which has a capacity of 18,000. Fans of the team are known as ‘bucketheads’ because many of them wear plastic garden buckets that have been cut to shape during matches.
Brayden Iose Number 8 
Harrison Allan Prop 
Johnny Galloway Flanker 7 
Leif Schwenke Hooker 
Sean Paranihi Prop 
Siua Maile Hooker 
Slade McDowall Flanker 6 
TK Howden Blindside Flanker 
Veikoso Poloniati Lock 4 
Taniela Filimone Fullback 
Adam Boult Wing 
Ben Strang 
Brett Cameron Fly half 
Darius Mafile'o Fullback 
Drew Wild Wing 
Ed Fidow Wing 
Elyjah Crosswell Fullback 
Flyn Yates Fullback 
Jason Emery Wing 
Joseph Gavigan Fullback 
Josh Taula Fullback 
Kegan Christian Goss Fullback 
Logan Henry Scrum Half 
Louis Rogers Centre 
Luke Campbell Scrum half 
Micaiah Torrance-Read 
Ofa Tauatevalu Fullback 
Potu Leavasa 
Ropate Rinakama Fullback 
Sam Clarke Fullback 
Tima Fainga'anuku Left Wing Although they compete in the championship division of the Bunnings NPC, the Manawatu rugby squad is strong. It includes several current and former All Blacks, including Nehe Milner-Skudder, Brett Cameron and Aaron Smith.
In addition to this, the Manawatu rugby squad also includes several Super Rugby Pacific players. This includes Jamie Booth and Brayden Iose, who both represent the Hurricanes.
Manawatu Rugby Team 
