Pouri Rakete-Stones

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Pouri Rakete-Stones
Full namePouri Gordon Rakete-Stones
Date of birth (1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight123 kg (271 lb; 19 st 5 lb)
School Napier Boys' High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Hawke's Bay, Hurricanes
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017– Hawke's Bay 76 (55)
2020– Hurricanes 43 (5)
Correct as of 18 June 2024
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016–2017 New Zealand U20 8 (10)
2019– Māori All Blacks 5 (0)
2022 All Blacks XV 2 (0)
Correct as of 6 July 2024

Pouri Rakete-Stones (born 17 June 1997) is a New Zealand rugby player who plays as a prop for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby and Hawke's Bay in New Zealand's domestic National Provincial Championship competition. [1] [2]

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Early career

Rakete-Stones attended and played rugby for Napier Boys High School. During his two years in Napier Boys' First XV team, he played mostly at hooker, but he currently prefers playing at prop. [3] He also played age-grade rugby for Hawke's Bay and was the inaugural winner of the Graeme Lowe award for the Hawke's Bay Rugby Academy Player of the Year in 2016. [4]

In 2015, Rakete-Stones was named in the Hurricanes U18 team to play their Crusaders U18 counterparts. [5]

Senior career

In 2017, Rakete-Stones was - for the first time - named in the Hawke's Bay squad for the Mitre 10 Cup. [6] He made his Magpies debut, off the bench, on 19 August 2017 against Southland. [7] While he played his first two seasons mostly at tighthead prop, in 2018 all off the bench, [8] he has since established himself as a regular starter at loosehead prop.

On 12 November 2019, the Hurricanes announced their squad for the 2020 Super Rugby season, which for the first time included Pouri Rakete-Stones. [9] Rakete-Stones earned his first full contract because of his excellent form for Hawke's Bay in the Mitre 10 Cup. Particularly his ability to cover both loosehead and tighthead prop, as well as being a strong scrummager and strong ball carrier, were highlighted in the announcement. [10] He made his Super Rugby debut on 2 February 2020 against the Stormers in Cape Town, South Africa. [11] Just over two years later, on 5 March 2022, he scored his first Super Rugby try in a game against the Highlanders. [12]

International career

Despite not being part of the group of players invited to attend the New Zealand Under-20 development camps that year, Rakete-Stones was named in the squad for the 2016 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship. [13] He played in one of the two matches of that year's series against Australia. [14] A year later, he was again part of the New Zealand Under-20 squad for the 2017 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship, which that year consisted of tests against Australia, Fiji and Samoa. He played in all three games and New Zealand retained the Oceania title. [15]

On 8 May 2017, Rakete-Stones was named in the New Zealand Under-20 squad for the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship in Georgia. [16] He played in all New Zealand's games, except the first pool game. He scored two tries during the tournament, one of them in the record 64-17 win over England in the final. New Zealand claimed its 6th World Rugby U20 Championship title that year. [17]

Rakete-Stones played for the New Zealand Universities team that toured Japan, in 2018. [18]

In 2019, Rakete-Stones - who is of Ngāpuhi descent - was called into the Māori All Blacks squad for the two-test series against Fiji as an injury replacement for Ben May. [19] He made his Māori All Blacks debut, off the bench, in the second match in Rotorua. [20] On 5 December 2020, Rakete-Stones earned his first start for the Māori All Blacks - replacing injured Marcel Renata - in a one-off match against Moana Pasifika in Hamilton. [21]

On 26 October 2022, after an outstanding NPC season playing for Hawke's Bay, Rakete-Stones was called into the All Blacks XV squad that was named earlier that month for two matches against Ireland A and the Barbarians during their Northern Tour. [22] He made his debut for the side – via the bench – on 13 November 2022 against the Barbarians. [23]

Reference list

  1. ↑ "Pouri Rakete-Stones Hurricanes Player Profile". Hurricanes. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "2023 Magpies squad release". Hawke's Bay Rugby Union. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Pirate Pouri Rakete-Stones prop obvious choice after blowing 'em apart". Hawke's Bay Today. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "HBRFU Academy Player of the Year". Hawke's Bay Today. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Canes U18 team named for Crusaders clash" (Press release). Hurricanes. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Props Mark Braidwood, Jarvy Aoake rewarded with Magpies recalls". Hawke's Bay Today. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Richard Buckman back for Magpies in Mitre 10 Cup". Hawke's Bay Today. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Pirate prop's mission to make Hawke's Bay Magpies". Hawke's Bay Today. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "Hurricanes unveil 2020 roster" (Press release). Hurricanes. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "New full contract Hurricanes players announced" (Press release). Hurricanes. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  11. ↑ "Hurricanes name team to take on Stormers in Cape Town" (Press release). Hurricanes. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  12. ↑ "Super Rugby Pacific: Hurricanes front up to muscle past Highlanders". New Zealand Herald. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "New Zealand Under 20 side named for Oceania tournament" (Press release). All Blacks. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  14. ↑ "NZ Under 20 ready for Australia" (Press release). All Blacks. 3 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 July 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  15. ↑ "Final squad for Oceania U20 tournament named" (Press release). All Blacks. 18 April 2017. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  16. ↑ "NZ Under 20's named for Rugby World Championship" (Press release). All Blacks. 8 May 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  17. ↑ "Under-20s triumph in record win over England". All Blacks. 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  18. ↑ "NZ Universities to fly flag in Asia" (Press release). All Blacks. 18 April 2018. Archived from the original on 23 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  19. ↑ "Māori All Blacks squad update" (Press release). All Blacks. 10 July 2019. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  20. ↑ "Maori All Blacks named for rematch against Fiji in Rotorua" (Press release). All Blacks. 18 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  21. ↑ "Sky Preview: Māori All Blacks v Moana Pasifika". All Blacks. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  22. ↑ "All Blacks XV bolster squad ahead of Northern Tour". allblacks.com (Press release). 26 October 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  23. ↑ "All Blacks XV team named for clash with Barbarians". allblacks.com (Press release). 11 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

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