Ruki Tipuna

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Ruki Tipuna
Rugby union career
Full name	Te Ruki Tipuna
Date of birth	(1983-05-11) 11 May 1983
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 ¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Playing career
Position	Scrum-half
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Portadown RFC
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2011-	Scarlets Bristol Rugby	3
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Bay of Plenty	3	(10)
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Hurricanes	10	(0)

National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Māori
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
	New Zealand

Ruki Tipuna is a New Zealand rugby union footballer currently playing for British Championship side Bristol Rugby. His position is at scrum-half.

He has previously played for the Bay of Plenty Steamers, the Hurricanes, Portadown RFC and Scarlets.

Tipuna has also represented the New Zealand Sevens and New Zealand Māori teams.

In August 2011, Tipanu joined the Scarlets on a short term contract, before joining Bristol Rugby in November. He immediately became first choice scrum-half at Bristol.

External links

v t e Bristol Rugby squad

Forwards	Barry Crompton Glynn Grieve Hobson Irish Johnson Lawrence Mama Merriman Montagu Sambucetti Thompson Winters

Backs	Davis Fatialofa Gadd Jones Marsden Tovey Watkins Tipuna Slater Silver Keyte James Helu Otto Mosses Letherby Williams

Coach	Middleton

Persondata
Name	Tipuna, Ruki
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand rugby union player
Date of birth	11 May 1983
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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