Hawke's Bay Rugby Union

Full name	Hawke's Bay Rugby Union
Nickname(s)	Magpies
Founded	1884
Union	NZRU
Ground	McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand
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Chairman
Coach
Competitions	Air New Zealand Cup
Home colours Away colours

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The representative team of the HBRFU is the Hawke's Bay Magpies. The team jersey are white with black hoops. The Magpies' home ground is McLean Park. The Hawke's Bay were the strongest team in the second division of the former NPC. This year they will be making their debut, along with Tasman, Manawatu and Counties-Manukau, in the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup which has 14 teams. The big signing for the Hawke's Bay is former All Blacks Danny Lee and Nathan Mauger, brother of current All Black, Crusaders and Canterbury second-five-eight, Aaron Mauger. White is a color, (more accurately it contains all the colors of the visible spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ... Black is a colour with several subtle differences in meaning. ... McLean Park is a cricket ground in Napier, New Zealand. ... The National Provincial Championship (which for sponsorship reasons, is referred to as Air New Zealand NPC or just simply NPC) is New Zealands principal domestic rugby union competition. ... The 2006 Air New Zealand Cup is a provincial rugby union competition with 14 teams from New Zealand which started on Friday July 28, 2006, and with The Grand Final to be held on Saturday October 28, 2006. ... First international Australia 3 - 22 New Zealand (15 August 1903) Largest win New Zealand 145 - 17 Japan (4 June 1995) Worst defeat Australia 28 - 7 New Zealand (28 August 1999) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1987 The international rugby union team of New Zealand are... The All Blacks are the national rugby union representative team of New Zealand. ... This article is about historical Crusades . ... The Canterbury Rugby Football Union is the official governing body for rugby union in a substantial part of the Canterbury region of New Zealand. ... A rugby union team is made up of 15 players: eight forwards, numbered from 1 to 8; and seven backs, numbered from 9 to 15. ... Aaron Joseph Douglas Mauger (last name pronounced Major; born 29 November 1980 in Christchurch) is a rugby union footballer who plays at first five-eighths and second five-eighths for Canterbury (National Provincial Championship), the Crusaders (Super 12) and the New Zealand All Blacks. ...

Hawke's Bay in Super Rugby

Hawke's Bay is currently part of the Hurricanes Super 14 franchise. The Hurricanes are a New Zealand rugby union team based in Wellington and representing the East Coast, Poverty Bay, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki, Wanganui, Manawatu, Wairarapa-Bush, Horowhenua-Kapiti and Wellington unions. ... The current Super 14 logo The Super 14 is a rugby union championship competed for by teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. ...

History

Hawke's Bay Rugby Union was founded in 1884.

Squad

Squad for the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup: The 2006 Air New Zealand Cup is a provincial rugby union competition with 14 teams from New Zealand which started on Friday July 28, 2006, and with The Grand Final to be held on Saturday October 28, 2006. ...

External links

• Official site
• www.magpierugby.com Unofficial fan site