Bay of Plenty Rugby Union

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Bay of Plenty Rugby Union
Nickname(s)	Steamers
Founded	1911
Ground	Blue Chip Stadium and Rotorua International Stadium
Capacity	19,500
Coach	Andre Bell
League	Air New Zealand Cup
2006	Quarter-finalists
Home colours		Away colours

The Bay of Plenty Rugby Union (BPRU) is the official governing body for rugby union in the Bay of Plenty.

Contents 1 Ranfurly Shield 2 Bay of Plenty in Super Rugby 3 Representative Rugby 4 Squad 5 2006 Air New Zealand Cup Results 5.1 Round 1 5.2 Round 2 - Repecharge A 6 Notable players 7 History 8 See also 9 External link

[edit] Ranfurly Shield

Bay of Plenty recorded their first Ranfurly Shield win on August 15, 2004 against Auckland, successfully defending it for one home defence against Waikato, before losing it to Canterbury on September 5, 2004.

[edit] Bay of Plenty in Super Rugby

Players from Bay of Plenty that are eligible to play in the Super 14 and are selected by the Chiefs. There are currently a dozen Steamers playing in the Super 14.

[edit] Representative Rugby

The union's colours are blue and yellow as seen on the Steamers hoop jersey. The union plays the majority of their matches at BlueChip Stadium (Mt Maunganui) and season openers at Rotorua International Stadium (Rotorua).

The senior representative team, The Steamers, currently play in the inaugural 2006 Air New Zealand Cup, the successor to the premier division of the National Provincial Championship (NPC). Bay of Plenty was the first provincial union to win the NPC when it was first contested in 1976

The main jersey sponsor is BlueChip. Apparel is supplied by ISC. Other sponsors include:

• Speight's
• Classic Hits
• TelstraClear

[edit] Squad

Representative squad for the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup:

Ben Castle (Captain) Aleki Lutui John Pareanga Simon Chrislom Marcel Cummings-Toone James Afoa Simms Davison James McGougan Matt Wallis Bernie Upton Mark Sorenson Aaron Rameka Dan Goodwin Warren Smith Solomon King Nili Latu Tanerau Latimer Colin Bourke Aidan Koka

Charles Hubbard Jamie Nutbrown Garrick Cowley Murray Williams Mike Delany Rena Schuster Corey Aporo Jeffrey Irome Wayne Hughson Anthony Tahana Charles Baxter Teu Nafe Craig Hudson Lance Mcdonald Hayden Reid

[edit] 2006 Air New Zealand Cup Results

[edit] Round 1

Week 1 - BYE

Week 2 - Bay of Plenty vs Wellington, - Friday 4 August 2006 - Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Lost 6 - 11 (1 bonus point)

Week 3 - Bay of Plenty vs North Harbour, - Saturday 12 August 2006 - BlueChip Stadium, Mt Maunganui
Lost 7 - 25 (0 points)

Week 4 - Bay of Plenty vs Auckland, - Sunday 20 August 2006 - Eden Park, Auckland
Lost 27 - 45 (1 bonus point)

Week 5 - Bay of Plenty vs Manawatu, - Saturday 26 August 2006 - Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Won 33 - 15 (4 points)

Week 6 - Bay of Plenty vs - Tasman, Saturday 2 September 2006 - Landsdowne Park, Blenheim
Won 23 - 17 (4 points)

Week 7 - Bay of Plenty vs Taranaki, Friday 8 September 2006 - BlueChip Stadium, Mt Maunganui
Won 20-16 (4 points)

[edit] Round 2 - Repecharge A

Bay of Plenty, in qualifying 7th, will play in Repecharge A of the Second Round in the Air New Zealand Cup.

Week 8 - Bay of Plenty vs Counties Manukau, Saturday 16 September 2006 - BlueChip Stadium, Mt Maunganui
Won 32-11 (4 points, + 1 Bonus point)

Week 9 - Bay of Plenty vs Hawke's Bay, Friday 22 September 2006 - BlueChip Stadium, Mt Maunganui

Week 10 - Bay of Plenty vs Manawatu, Thursday 28 September 2006 - FMG Stadium, Palmerston North

[edit] Notable players

• Adrian Cashmore
• Glen Jackson
• Andy Miller
• Caleb Ralph
• Scott Robertson
• Kevin Senio
• Paul Tupai
• Wayne Ormond
• Rico Gear
• Anthony Tahana
• Greg Rawlinson

[edit] History

Bay of Plenty Rugby Union was founded in 1911.

[edit] See also

• Bay of Plenty in the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup

[edit] External link

• Official site