OFFICIAL PROGRAMME - SATURDAY 17 APRIL, 7.05PM FMG STADIUM WAIKATO - Chiefs
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COACH COMMENT Kia ora Chiefs Whānau, It is great to be back at FMG Stadium Waikato this evening and it’s great to see plenty of supporters in your club jerseys from across the Chiefs Region today. CLAYTON We have been far from perfect but I feel like we have grown MCMILLAN our game considerably over the last month and can challenge Gallagher Chiefs the defending champions head on this evening. Interim Head Coach The Crusaders have proven year after year they are a formidable side that must be respected. They do the simple things extremely well and can suffocate you through their set piece. But they have been challenged in areas of their game over recent weeks, and the competition has highlighted how small the margins are between winning and losing. We were embarrassed with aspects of our previous game against them, that has not been forgotten and we are determined to perform much better in front of our passionate supporters. We hope you’re entertained this evening. –3–
CEO COMMENT Kia Ora and Welcome to FMG Stadium Waikato this evening. We are looking forward to seeing our Gallagher Chiefs take on current Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa competition leaders and defending champions the Crusaders. MICHAEL We are excited that we are able to put the spotlight on COLLINS Club Rugby today. We have an entertaining curtain raiser Chiefs Rugby Club CEO between two staunch rivals in Hamilton Old Boys and Hamilton Marist, which will be a great battle before the Gallagher Chiefs challenge the Crusaders. A warm welcome to thousands of keen junior rugby players from across Chiefs Country this evening for our March Past thanks to Splice Construction. We know there is bound to be some future Gallagher Chiefs amongst the youngsters attending. We trust our visitors and their supporters from the south will enjoy the hospitality this evening. We look forward to seeing you all back here at FMG Stadium Waikato next Friday night when we face the Hurricanes and salute to ANZAC. All the best to the match officials and both teams, we are certain there will be a great contest on display. –5–
KEY STATS 2021 SEASON AVG STATS OVERALL CHIEFS V CRUSADERS (39 GAMES) 23.2 (4th) Points 30.2 (1st) 15 Wins 24 2.6 (4th) Tries 3.8 (1st) 0 Draws 0 75% (3rd) Goal Kicking % 84% (1st) 829 Points 1059 107.2 (2nd) Carries 104.0 (3rd) 21.25 Mean Score 27.15 416.2 (4th) Metres Made 457.8 (1st) 9.4 (2nd) Clean Breaks 10.7 (1st) CHIEFS AT HOME V CRUSADERS (21 GAMES) 21.2 (2nd) Defenders Beaten 23.3 (1st) 6.4 (5th) Offloads 9.7 (1st) 145.0 (3rd) Passes 146.0 (2nd) 19.6 (3rd) Kicks From Hand 19.3 (4th) 10 Wins 11 121.8 (2nd) Tackles 133.3 (1st) 0 Draws 0 19.8 (3rd) Missed Tackles 19.0 (1st) 487 Points 505 86% (2nd) Tackle % 88% (1st) 23.19 Mean Score 24.04 11.8 (3rd) Pens Conceded 12.8 (5th) The Gallagher Chiefs have won their last three Sky Super 0.2 (1st) Yellow Cards 0.3 (2nd) Rugby games, each by a margin of fewer than seven points; the last time they won more in succession was a five-game 0.0 (1st) Red Cards 0.0 (1st) stretch in March-April 2018. The Crusaders (88%) and Gallagher Chiefs (86%) have the 9.8 (1st) Turnovers Conc. 13.8 (5th) highest and second-highest tackle success rates respectively of any teams in Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa 2021. 6.0 (3rd) Turnovers Won 5.7 (4th) 78% (5th) Lineout Success % 95% (1st) STATS PROVIDED BY OPTA 92% (2nd) Scrum Success % 91% (3rd) 95% (4th) Ruck Success % 94% (5th) –6–
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GALLAGHER CHIEFS 2021 SQUAD AIDAN ALEX ROSS NANKIVELL Position: Prop Position: Midfield Back DOB: 25/10/95 DOB: 25/10/96 Height: 1.89m Height: 1.88m Weight: 111kg Weight: 98kg Province: BOP Province: Tasman ANGUS ANTON TA’AVAO LIENERT-BROWN Position: Prop Position: Midfield Back DOB: 22/03/90 DOB: 15/04/95 Height: 1.94m Height: 1.85m Weight: 124kg Weight: 96kg Province: Waikato Province: Auckland ATU BAILYN MOLI SULLIVAN Position: Prop Position: Midfield Back DOB: 12/06/95 DOB: 03/09/98 Height: 1.89m Height: 1.87m Weight: 127kg Weight: 93kg Province: Tasman Province: Waikato – 10 –
BRAD BRADLEY WEBER (CC) SLATER Position: Halfback Position: Hooker DOB: 17/01/91 DOB: 23/09/98 Height: 1.72m Height: 1.86m Weight: 75kg Weight: 110kg Province: Province: Taranaki Hawke’s Bay BRYN CHASE GATLAND TIATIA Position: First Position: Fullback Five-Eighth DOB: 14/10/95 DOB: 10/05/95 Height: 1.81m Height: 1.77m Weight: 93kg Weight: 88kg Province: BOP Province: N. Harbour DAMIAN ETENE MCKENZIE NANAI-SETURO Position: Position: Outside Back First Five/Fullback DOB: 20/08/99 DOB: 20/04/95 Height: 1.83m Height: 1.75m Weight: 92kg Weight: 81kg Province: Province: Waikato Counties-Manukau JONAH JOSH LOWE LORD Position: Wing/Midfield Position: Lock DOB: 09/05/96 DOB: 17/01/01 Height: 1.84m Height: 2.02m Weight: 92kg Weight: 106kg Province: Hawke’s Bay Province: Taranaki – 11 –
KALEB KAYLUM TRASK BOSHIER Position: First Position: Loose Forward Five-Eighth DOB: 09/04/99 DOB: 27/01/99 Height: 1.89m Height: 1.80m Weight: 109kg Weight: 90kg Province: Taranaki Province: BOP KINI LACHLAN NAHOLO BOSHIER Position: Wing Position: Loose Forward DOB: 12/04/99 DOB: 16/11/94 Height: 1.78m Height: 1.91m Weight: 92kg Weight: 104kg Province: Taranaki Province: Taranaki LAGHLAN LUKE MCWHANNELL JACOBSON Position: Lock Position: DOB: 20/10/98 Loose Forward Height: 1.98m DOB: 20/04/97 Weight: 114kg Height: 1.91m Province: Waikato Weight: 107kg Province: Waikato MITCHELL MITCHELL BROWN KARPIK Position: Position: Loose Forward Loose Forward DOB: 15/08/93 DOB: 02/06/95 Height: 1.94m Height: 1.85m Weight: 101kg Weight: 110kg Province: BOP Province: Taranaki – 12 –
NAITOA NATHAN AH KUOI HARRIS Position: Lock Position: Hooker DOB: 07/10/99 DOB: 08/03/92 Height: 1.96m Height: 1.86m Weight: 116kg Weight: 110kg Province: Wellington Province: BOP OLLIE PITA GUS NORRIS SOWAKULA Position: Prop Position: Loose Forward DOB: 11/12/99 DOB: 26/10/94 Height: 1.85m Height: 1.95m Weight: 110kg Weight: 110kg Province: Waikato Province: Taranaki QUINN RAMEKA TUPAEA POIHIPI Position: Midfield Back Position: Midfield Back DOB: 10/05/99 DOB: 14/10/98 Height: 1.86m Height: 1.87m Weight: 97kg Weight: 105kg Province: Waikato Province: Canterbury REUBEN RIVEZ O’NEILL REIHANA Position: Prop Position: First Five Eighth DOB: 17/02/95 DOB: 25/05/00 Height: 1.83m Height: 1.87m Weight: 117kg Weight: 93kg Province: Taranaki Province: Waikato – 13 –
SAM SAMIPENI CANE (CC) FINAU Position: Position: Loose Forward Loose Forward DOB: 13/01/92 DOB: 10/05/99 Height: 1.89m Height: 1.93m Weight: 103kg Weight: 109kg Province: BOP Province: Waikato SAMISONI SEAN TAUKEI’AHO WAINUI Position: Hooker Position: Outside Back DOB: 08/08/97 DOB: 23/10/95 Height: 1.83m Height: 1.91m Weight: 115kg Weight: 102kg Province: Waikato Province: Taranaki SHAUN SIMON STEVENSON PARKER Position: Outside Back Position: Loose DOB: 14/11/96 Forward Height: 1.90m DOB: 06/05/00 Weight: 90kg Height: 1.92m Province: Weight: 109kg North Harbour Province: Waikato SIONE STAN MAFILEO VAN DEN HOVEN Position: Prop DOB: 14/04/93 Position: Lock Height: 1.78m DOB: 22/01/98 Weight: 128kg Height: 2.03m Province: Weight: 113kg North Harbour Province: BOP – 14 –
TE TOIROA TUPOU TAHURIORANGI VAA’I Position: Halfback Position: Lock DOB: 31/03/95 DOB: 27/01/00 Height: 1.74m Height: 1.98m Weight: 118kg Weight: 85kg Province: Taranaki Province: BOP XAVIER ROE Position: Halfback DOB: 13/12/98 Height: 1.79m Weight: 81kg Province: Waikato N E X T H OM E G AM E FRIDAY 23 APRIL KICKOFF 7.05PM FMG STADIUM WAIKATO .NZ TI CK ET S @ CH IE FS .CO – 15 –
2021 COACHING TEAM CLAYTON MCMILLAN INTERIM HEAD COACH The current Maori All Blacks Head Coach and former Bay of Plenty Rugby Head Coach, will take up the role as Interim Head Coach for the Gallagher Chiefs in 2021, in absence of Gallagher Chiefs Head Coach Warren Gatland Heads who will be heading the British & Irish Lions for his third tour. The Bay of Plenty centurion transitioned into coaching eighteen years ago while finishing playing professionally in Japan. Upon his return to New Zealand he has held several age group and club roles in both Bay of Plenty and Wellington before taking the reins of his home province in 2015. In 2017 McMillan was appointed as the New Zealand Provincial Barbarians Head Coach to face the British and Irish Lions during their 2017 tour of New Zealand. Later that year he was announced as the incoming Maori All Blacks Head Coach. McMillan has since led tours to the Northern Hemisphere, America and Fiji. In 2019 McMillan lead the Bay of Plenty Steamers to victory, claiming the Mitre 10 Cup Championship title at Rotorua International Stadium. – 16 –
NEIL BARNES FORWARDS COACH Barnes has been a key cog in the wheel at the Gallagher Chiefs. The Taranaki dairy farmer brings a wealth of coaching experience having spent seven years away including two Rugby World Cup campaigns as the Canadian Maples forwards coach. In 2018 Barnes returned home to take up the Gallagher Chiefs assistant coach role. Since his return he has continued to add to his coaching resume completing his third Rugby World Cup campaign, this time with Fiji as their assistant coach. ROGER RANDLE ATTACK COACH Former All Black, New Zealand Sevens and Gallagher Chiefs player Roger Randle will head the Gallagher Chiefs attack. Randle moved into coaching late in his playing career, his coaching career now spanning over ten years provides a wealth of attack coaching experience across both provincial and international rugby. The Maori All Blacks and Waikato assistant coach will continue to build on his coaching resume with the Gallagher Chiefs in 2021. – 17 –
DAVID HILL ASSISTANT COACH Former Gallagher Chiefs and All Blacks first five-eighth and New Zealand Under 20 Assistant Coach David Hill continues with the Gallagher Chiefs coaching staff in 2021 as an Assistant Coach. Hilly moves from a skill development role into an Assistant Coach in 2021 and has a wealth of knowledge from his professional playing and coaching career. NICK WHITE SCRUM COACH Another former player turning his hand to coaching, Nick White, was a prop for Northland, Auckland, the Crusaders, the Highlanders, the Blues and New Zealand A before retiring. From there he joined the Blues as scrum coach in 2012 which then followed onto his appointment as head coach for Auckland in 2016. White joined the Gallagher Chiefs as scrum coach for the 2018 season. He has been instrumental in the performance of the Gallagher Chiefs scrummaging since the beginning of his tenure and will continue to hold his role as scrum coach. – 18 –
CURTAIN RAISER TEAM LIST 1 Robert Cobb (c) 2 Tyrone Te Ruruku 3 Solomone Tukuafu 4 Nili Moala 5 Alex Kalin 6 Tevita Vatuvei Coaches: 7 Rupeni Tamani Dion Ross 8 Lui Iosua Assistant Coaches 9 Xavier Roe Adam Thomson Craig Bates 10 Shaun Stevenson Aled de Malmanche 11 Patrick Tukana Team Manager: 12 Levi Elliot Wayne Goodwin 13 Eleki Sinilawa Physio: 14 William Martin Ellie Missen 15 Jonty Rae S&C Coach: Tony Staunton RESERVES 16 Sosaia Fale Team Doctor: Alexei Gray-Bird 17 Harrison Pett 18 Taylor McQuire 19 Joe Ormsby 20 Jackson Holmes 21 Dominic Clapham Referee: Ben Woolerton 22 Raniera Takarangi Assistant Referees: Cole Northcott Bree Williams – 19 –
CURTAIN RAISER TEAM LIST 1 Rhys Keightley 2 Liam Gilheany-Black (c) 3 Mosese Mafi 4 Josh Balme 5 Sam Pou 6 Vern Sosefo 7 Ezra Dunlop Head Coach: 8 Kini Fonua Leon Holden 9 Sean Weir Assistant Coaches: 10 Quinn Collard Alf Daniels Craig Stewart 11 Leigh Bristowe Murray Driver 12 Chris Fawcett Tony Kay 13 Bailyn Sullivan Team Manager: Matt Palmer 14 Quinnlan Tupou Physio: 15 Isaiah Duncanson Shane Derry RESERVES Doctor: Logan Daniels 16 Sammy Wong 17 Ben Fosita 18 Patrick Parker 19 Zane Kapeli 20 Kirk Ngatai 21 BJ Lima Referee: Ben Woolerton 22 Newton Tudreu Assistant Referees: Cole Northcott Bree Williams – 20 –
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CRUSADERS TEAM LIST 1 George Bower 2 Brodie McAlister 3 Michael Alaalatoa 4 Mitchell Dunshea 5 Quinten Strange 6 Scott Barrett (C) Head Coach: 7 Tom Sanders Scott Robertson 8 Ethan Blackadder Assistant Coaches: 9 Mitchell Drummond Tamati Ellison 10 Richie Mo’unga Andrew Goodman Scott Hansen 11 George Bridge Jason Ryan 12 David Havili (VC) 13 Leicester Fainga’anuku 14 Sevu Reece 15 Will Jordan RESERVES 16 Codie Taylor (VC) 17 Isileli Tu’ungafasi 18 Oliver Jager 19 Luke Romano 20 Sione Havili Talitui Referee: 21 Bryn Hall Mike Fraser Assistant Referees: 22 Dallas McLeod Paul Williams James Doleman 23 Manasa Mataele TMO: Ben O’Keeffe – 22 –
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