Tepaea Cook-Savage

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Tepaea Cook-Savage
Date of birth (2001-02-08) 8 February 2001 (age 23) [1]
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [2]
Weight86 kg (190 lb; 13 st 8 lb)
School St Paul's Collegiate School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, Full back
Current team Waikato
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021– Waikato 23 [3] (59)
Correct as of 8 April 2024
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
2023– New Zealand

Tepaea Cook-Savage (born 8 February 2001) is a New Zealand professional rugby union player who plays as a wing and full back. He plays for Waikato and the New Zealand national sevens team.

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Early life

He attended St Paul's Collegiate School in Hamilton, New Zealand and captained their first XV rugby team in 2019. [4] [5] That year, he also played for the New Zealand Barbarian Schools side. [6]

Career

Te Paea Cook-Savage plays for Waikato and has featured at full back. [7] In 2021 he was Waikato's top points scorer and was subsequently called up to New Zealand Under 20's side. [8]

He was called-up to the New Zealand national rugby sevens team team for the first time in December 2022. [9] The following month he signed a two-year contract with the New Zealand Sevens side. [10] [11] He was a member of the New Zealand Sevens team that won the Hong Kong Sevens title in April 2024. [12] [13]

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  2. ↑ "T.Cook-Savage". All.Rugby. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "T.Cook-Savage". Its Rugby. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO CHIEFS UNDER 18 DEVELOPMENT TEAMS NAMED". Chiefs.co.nz. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  5. ↑ Constable, Andrew (23 May 2019). "1st XV Rugby season swings into action". hail.to. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "English Championship player dominates the best NZ club players". Rugby Onslaught. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  7. ↑ Smith, Sam (14 September 2022). "Watch: 21-year-old fullback ignites try-of-the-season contender from inside 22". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Rugby: Ex Mangonui sub-union players named in Junior All Blacks". Northland Age. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  9. ↑ Chapman, Grant (9 December 2022). "Rugby Sevens: Tepaea Cook-Savage eyes All Blacks Sevens debut at Cape Town world series tournament". News Hub. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Carlos Spencer's son Payton among new signings for All Blacks Sevens squad". Stuff.co.nz. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "ALL BLACKS SEVENS SIGN EXCITING NEW TALENT". Allblacks.com. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  12. ↑ "New Zealand teams win men's and women's titles at the Hong Kong Sevens". Associated Press. 7 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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