Waikato (National Provincial Championship)

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Waikato
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Union Waikato Rugby Union
Nickname(s)Mooloos
Founded1921;102 years ago (1921)
Location Whitiora, Hamilton, New Zealand
Ground(s) FMG Stadium Waikato (Capacity: 25,000)
CEOCarl Moon [1]
Coach(es) Ross Filipo
Captain(s) Mitch Jacobson and Ayden Johnstone
Most appearances Ian Foster and Graham Purvis (148)
Top scorer Matthew Cooper (1,604)
Most tries Bruce Smith (70)
League(s) Bunnings NPC
2022 2nd (Odds Conference)
Quarterfinalist
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Official website
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Waikato (often known as the Waikato Mooloos) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Hamilton, New Zealand. The union was originally established in 1921, with the National Provincial Championship established in 1976. They now play in the reformed National Provincial Championship competition. They play their home games at FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton in the Waikato region. The team is affiliated with the Chiefs Super Rugby franchise. Their home playing colours are red, yellow and black.

Contents

Current squad

The Waikato Mooloos squad for the 2023 Bunnings NPC is: [2]

Waikato Mooloos squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Loose forwards

Halfbacks (scrum-halves)

First five-eighths (fly-halves)

Midfielders (centres)

Outside backs

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped, REP denotes a replacement squad player.
  1. 1 2 3 4 Fahamokioa, Hansen, Muriwai and Saifoloi weren't named in the original Waikato squad, but were announced in the side for Waikato's 2nd game in Round 2. [3]
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cribb, Ralph, Tuhakaraina and Wrampling-Alec weren't named in the original Waikato squad, but were announced in the side for Round 1. [4]
  3. 1 2 Cruden & Johnston weren't named in the original Waikato squad, but were announced in the side for Round 4. [5]
  4. 1 2 Anderson & Lam weren't named in the original Waikato squad, but were announced in the side for Round 2. [3]

Honours

Waikato have been overall Champions on three occasions, winning the titles in 1992, 2006 and 2021. Their full list of honours include: [6] [7]

National Provincial Championship Second Division North Island
National Provincial Championship Second Division
National Provincial Championship First Division
Air New Zealand Cup
Mitre 10 Cup Championship Division
Bunnings NPC Premiership Division

Current Super Rugby players

Players named in the 2023 Waikato Mooloos squad, who also earned contracts or were named in a squad for any side participating in the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

PlayerTeam
Liam Coombes-Fabling Chiefs
Mosese Dawai Highlanders
George Dyer Chiefs
Samipeni Finau Chiefs
Josh Ioane Chiefs
Luke Jacobson Chiefs
Ayden Johnstone Highlanders
Taha Kemara Crusaders
Jack Lam Moana Pasifika
D'Angelo Leuila Moana Pasifika
Anton Lienert-Brown Chiefs
Rhys Marshall Highlanders
Laghlan McWhannell Chiefs
Ollie Norris Chiefs
Simon Parker Chiefs
Cortez Ratima Chiefs
Xavier Roe Chiefs
Daniel Sinkinson Hurricanes
Bailyn Sullivan Hurricanes
Samisoni Taukei'aho Chiefs
James Tucker Blues
Solomone Tukuafu Chiefs
Quinn Tupaea Chiefs
Gideon Wrampling Chiefs

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  2. ↑ "2023 Waikato National Provincial Championship Squad Announced" (Press release). Waikato Rugby. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Bunnings NPC Round 2: Team Lists". Bunnings NPC. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Bunnings NPC Round 1: Team Lists". Bunnings NPC. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Bunnings NPC Round 4: Team Lists". Bunnings NPC. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
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  7. ↑ "Mitre 10 Cup". Rugby Heartland. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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