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 | Round 12 | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | BP T | BP -7 | BP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-  Hawkes Bay | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 305 | 213 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 39 |
-  Taranaki | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 302 | 181 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 35 |
-  Tasman | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 266 | 196 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 28 |
-  Waikato | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 261 | 264 | -3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 28 |
-  Wellington | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 322 | 281 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 28 |
-  Canterbury | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 228 | 242 | -14 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 26 |
-  Manawatu | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 239 | 229 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
-  Bay of Plenty | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 231 | 276 | -45 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
-  Otago | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 153 | 178 | -25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
-  Southland | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 156 | 246 | -90 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
-  Northland | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 170 | 293 | -123 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
-  Auckland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
-  North Harbour | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 34 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
-  Counties Manukau | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 53 | -26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Round 12 |
|---|
| - Hawkes Bay |
| - Taranaki |
| - Tasman |
| - Waikato |
| - Wellington |
| - Canterbury |
| - Manawatu |
| - Bay of Plenty |
| - Otago |
| - Southland |
| - Northland |
| - Auckland |
| - North Harbour |
| - Counties Manukau |
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 
Brice Henderson Flanker 7 
Chris Eves Prop 
Filo Paulo Lock 
Fraser Stone Lock 
Harrison Allan Prop 
Jarred Adams Prop 
Johnny Galloway Flanker 7 
Kirk Tufuga Number 8 
Kyle Stewart Prop 
Liam Mitchell Lock 
Michael Alaalatoa Prop 
Michael Fitzgerald Lock 
Nick Crosswell Lock 
Paulo Leleisiuao Prop 
Ray Niuia Hooker 
Ropate Rinakama Prop 
Shamus Hurley-Langton Openside flanker 
Siua Maile Hooker 
Solomona Sakalia Prop 
TK Howden Blindside Flanker 
Tietie Tuimauga Prop 
Tim Cadwallader Hooker 
Tom Hughes Lock 
Tom Hughes Lock 
Tyler Laubscher Number 8 
Veikoso Poloniati Lock 4 
Taniela Filimone Fullback 
Aaron Smith Scrum Half 
Andre Taylor Fullback 
Ben Strang 
Ben Wyness 
Brett Cameron Fly half 
Bryn Wilson 
Darius Mafile'o Fullback 
Drew Wild Wing 
Ed Fidow Wing 
Flyn Yates Fullback 
Flyn Yates Fullback 
Gene Syminton 
Griffin Culver 
James Tofa Wing 
Jamie Booth Scrum half 
Jason Emery Wing 
Joseph Gavigan Fullback 
Josiah Maraku Wing 
Logan Henry Scrum Half 
Logan Henry Scrum half 
Matt Johnson 
Micaiah Torrance-Read 
Michael Tagicakibau Wing 
Nehe Milner-Skudder Wing 
Newton Tudreu 
Nigel Ah Wong 
Ofa Tauatevalu Fullback 
Ofa Tauatevalu Fullback 
Sam Liebezeit 
Stewart Cruden 
Taniela Filimone Left wing 
Teofilo Paulo 
Tietie Tuimaga 
Tima Fainga'anuku Left Wing 
Tudreu Newton 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 
