Counties Manukau (National Provincial Championship)
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| Union | Counties Manukau Rugby Football Union | |
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| Nickname(s) | Steelers | |
| Founded | 1955 | |
| Location | Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand | |
| Ground(s) | Navigation Homes Stadium (Capacity: 12,000) | |
| Coach(es) | Reon Graham | |
| Captain(s) | Jimmy Tupou | |
| Most appearances | Alan Dawson (201) | |
| Top scorer | Danny Love (698) | |
| Most tries | Alan Dawson (58) | |
| League(s) | Bunnings NPC | |
| 2024 | 8th Quarter-finalist | |
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| Official website | ||
| www | ||
Counties Manukau (often known as the Counties Steelers) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Pukekohe, New Zealand. The union was originally established in 1955, with the National Provincial Championship established in 1976. They now play in the reformed National Provincial Championship competition. They play their home games at Navigation Homes Stadium in Pukekohe in the Auckland region. The team is affiliated with the Chiefs Super Rugby franchise. Their home playing colours are black, white and red.
Current squad
[edit]The Counties Manukau Steelers squad for the 2024 Bunnings NPC is:[1]
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Hookers
Locks |
Loose forwards
Half-backs (scrum-halves) First five-eighths (fly-halves) |
Midfielders (centres) Outside backs |
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Honours
[edit]Counties Manukau have been overall Champions on one occasion, winning the title in 1979. Their full list of honours include:[3][4]
- National Provincial Championship First Division
- Winners: 1979
- National Provincial Championship Second Division
- Winners: 1993
- ITM Cup Championship Division
- Winners: 2012
Current Super Rugby players
[edit]Players named in the 2023 Counties Manukau Steelers squad, who also earned contracts or were named in a squad for any side participating in the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ "2024 Counties Manukau Steelers named for Bunnings Warehouse NPC". Counties Manukau Rugby (Press release). 23 July 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Counties Manukau Steelers team named for Round One of Bunnings Warehouse NPC". Counties Manukau RFU (Press release). 8 August 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "National Provincial Championship winners, 1976–2014". Te Ara. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Mitre 10 Cup". Rugby Heartland. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Match Centre - Super Rugby - Moana Pasifika v Fijian Drua". SANZAAR. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "Six changes made to take on Moana Pasifika" (Press release). Western Force. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Hurricanes named to take on Moana Pasifika on Saturday" (Press release). Hurricanes. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "Moana Pasifika name 2023 DHL Super Rugby Pacific Squad". Moana Pasifika (Press release). 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Gallagher Chiefs squad announced for 2023" (Press release). Chiefs. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "Squad Naming - Round Three v Drua" (Press release). Crusaders. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "2023 Squad announced". Blues (Press release). 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "Western Force 2023 Harvey Norman Super Rugby Pacific squad revealed" (Press release). Western Force. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "Hurricanes 2023 squad announced" (Press release). Hurricanes. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "Fijian Drua unveil 2023 squad and first ever development group" (Press release). Fijian Drua. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.