3G – Goats Gone Grazing is to help us keep up with what’s happening for former Goats now plying their trade overseas and in the news.
It is based off stored google searches so sometimes the stories don’t feature much content about the player we’re interested in, but we usually post them anyway! If you’ve noticed a player that is hitting the headlines overseas that we don’t have included, then please let us know pete@oburugby.com
Jimmy Gopperth
Jimmy played for OBU until 2008 when he headed over to the UK to play for the Newcastle Falcons. During that time he played for The Hurricanes, the Blues, NZ Secondary Schools, NZ Universities, and was a World Cup Under 21 winner.
Jimmy was raised in Taranaki and came through the NPOB High School
Links
| Ben Smith’s classic advice for Lima Sopoaga on how to play fullback |
| Ireland exile returns to Irish rugby with one-year Ulster deal |
| Jimmy Gopperth states his intentions beyond 37th birthday |
Lima Sopoaga
Lima came to OBU in 2010 from Wellington College with a couple of his mates Titapu Pairama-Lewington and Hanipale Galo covering Jerseys 10 out to 13. He was part of the NZ team that retained the Junior world title in 2011. He played a season for Wellington before switching to Dunedin and playing for the Highlanders for several years, and of course the All Blacks.
Lima has started a podcast which you can find your favourite format and take a listen here…
Links
| Ben Smith’s classic advice for Lima Sopoaga on how to play fullback |
TJ Ioane
TJ was part of the team from 2008-2010, including when we last won the Hardham Cup. He came through Wellington College and now plays for London Irish and Samoa.
He was also in the Wellington Academy for 3 years, played for the Highlanders and Otago and was in NZ the Secondary Schools team in 2007.
Links
| The chequered history of Joe Marler as he faces judgement day and the ban one former England … |
Bryn Evans
Brynn had a short stint with OBU in 2011
Links
| Bok lock Lood set for long-awaited return to action |
| Sale confirm World Cup winner de Jager is set for Friday night debut |
Tom Lawday
Tom came out to OBU on a gap year from England and played in the 2013 & 14 seasons.
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Luke Campbell
Luke played halfback for OBU between 2013 & 2015. He was part of the Jubilee cup winning team of 2015. Since then Luke has been playing for Te Puke Sports and has become a regular in the Bay of Plenty ITM cup squad. He is now listed to play for teh China Lions along with several other BOP players past and present.
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