Hawke's Bay (National Provincial Championship)

For the Hawke's Bay Rugby governing body, see Hawke's Bay Rugby Union.

Hawke's Bay

Official Hawke's Bay Magpies emblem
Union	Hawke's Bay Rugby Union
Nickname(s)	Magpies
Founded	1884;141 years ago (1884)
Location	Poraiti, Napier, New Zealand
Ground(s)	McLean Park (Capacity: 19,700)
Coach(es)	Brock James
Captain(s)	Jacob Devery Tom Parsons
Most appearances	Orcades Crawford and Michael Johnson (137)
Top scorer	Jarrod Cunningham (1,380)
Most tries	Robbie Hunter (69)
League(s)	Bunnings NPC
2024	5th Quarter-finalist
Team kit
Official website
www.sporty.co.nz/magpies

Hawke's Bay (often known as the Hawke's Bay Magpies) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Napier, New Zealand. The union was originally established in 1884, with the National Provincial Championship established in 1976. They now play in the reformed National Provincial Championship competition. They play their home games at McLean Park in Napier in the Hawke's Bay region. The team is affiliated with the Hurricanes Super Rugby franchise. Their home playing colours are black and white.

Current squad

The Hawke's Bay Magpies squad for the 2025 Bunnings NPC is: ^[1]

Hawke's Bay Magpies squad
Props Joe Apikotoa Lolani Faleiva REP [a] Tim Farrell Lachie Gunson Hadlee Hay-Horton Nik Patumaka REP [b] Pouri Rakete-Stones Isaac Salmon Joshua Smith Hookers Jacob Devery (cc) Dylan Homan Kianu Kereru-Symes Valentino Taito Locks Geoff Cridge Hunter Morrison Tom Parsons (cc) Isaia Walker-Leawere	Loose forwards Miracle Faiʻilagi Cooper Flanders Devan Flanders Frank Lochore Jeriah Mua Hugh Renton Sam Smith Mikaele Tapili Half-backs (scrum-halves) Ere Enari Folau Fakatava Kade Manuel First five-eighths (fly-halves) Harry Godfrey Lincoln McClutchie Will Cole	Midfielders (centres) Nick Grigg Kienan Higgins Le Roux Malan Anaru Paenga-Morgan Lukas Ripley Outside backs Neria Fomai Jonah Lowe Kere Penitito Zarn Sullivan Andrew Tauatevalu
(cc) denotes team co-captain. Bold denotes internationally capped. Faleiva wasn't named in the original Hawke's Bay squad, but was announced in the side for Round 1. [2] Patumaka wasn't named in the original Hawke's Bay squad, but was announced in the side for Round 4. [3]

Honours

Hawke's Bay have never been overall Champions. Their full list of honours, though, include: ^{[4] [5]}

National Provincial Championship Second Division North Island

• Winners: 1979

National Provincial Championship Second Division

• Winners: 1988, 1990, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005

ITM Cup Championship Division

• Winners: 2011, 2015

Mitre 10 Cup Championship Division

• Winners: 2020

Current Super Rugby players

Players named in the 2025 Hawke's Bay Magpies squad, who also earned contracts or were named in a squad for any side participating in the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season: ^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Player	Team
Jacob Devery	Hurricanes
Ere Enari	Hurricanes
Miracle Faiʻilagi	Moana Pasifika
Folau Fakatava	Highlanders
Devan Flanders	Hurricanes
Neria Fomai	Moana Pasifika
Harry Godfrey	Hurricanes
Jonah Lowe	Highlanders
Pouri Rakete-Stones	Hurricanes
Hugh Renton	Highlanders
Lukas Ripley	Waratahs
Joshua Smith	Force
Zarn Sullivan	Blues
Isaia Walker-Leawere	Hurricanes

References

1. "Magpies 2025 Bunnings NPC squad confirmed". Hawke's Bay Rugby Union (Press release). 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
2. "Hawke's Bay rugby: Two big Magpies recruits to start on Sunday". Hawke's Bay Today. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
3. "NPC: Magpies ready to take on mighty Cantabs". Hawke’s Bay Today. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
4. "National Provincial Championship winners, 1976–2014". Te Ara. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
5. "Mitre 10 Cup". Rugby Heartland. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
6. "Game Readiness and Maturity Key in 2025 Hurricanes Squad". Hurricanes (Press release). 12 November 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
7. "Moana Pasifika name squad for 2025". Moana Pasifika (Press release). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
8. "Highlanders name squad for 2025 DHL Super Rugby competition". Highlanders (Press release). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
9. "The wait is over - The 2025 NSW Waratahs Squad is officially here and ready to support". NSW Waratahs (Press release). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
10. "Super Rugby Pacific: Brumbies v Force – Teams". RugbyPass. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
11. "We're ready to take the handbrake off". Blues (Press release). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2025.

External links

• Official website