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 school.
Malakai Fekitoa suffers injury setback early into Wasps career
Wasps media session LIVE – injury news, Premiership Sevens preview and more
Kiwi signings could hold the key for Wasps this season
Who plays who this weekend – Wasps coaching duos, local derbies and long trips
Glittering array of speakers being lined up for Rugby Show event to help grassroots clubs, players …
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…
Other Lima news… (Some are the same articles as the Jimmy news because they are at the same club)!
Malakai Fekitoa suffers injury setback early into Wasps career
Wasps media session LIVE – injury news, Premiership Sevens preview and more
James Haskell fiery incident revealed by Wasps’ Lima Sopoaga
Rugby World Cup: The ‘lost’ All Blacks team that would beat most sides in Japan
Eric Fry
Eric played for OBU in 2012. He had the nickname ‘The Big Easy’. A good bloke to have around on or off the paddock, he made a great contribution to the club during that time.
He still plays for the USA Eagles, debuting in 2011 and going on to play in the world cup. He must have liked what he saw in 2011 to come to OBU the following year from the Las Vegas Blackjacks. He has had stints in the UK for London Scottish and Newcastle Falcons before a brief stint back in the US with the Sacramento Express. He is now playing in France for RC Vannes. It sounds like he is on course to play another world cup in a month or so.
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Rugby World Cup: All squads for the 2019 tournament in Japan
Rugby World Cup: What Can We Expect From Underdogs USA?
Ex-Connacht star MacGinty among four Irish players included in USA Rugby World Cup squad
Gary Gold, USA Rugby Announce 31-Man 2019 Rugby World Cup Squad
Two South Africans in USA WC squad
USA Rugby World Cup Squad Named
Rugby: United States squad for World Cup in Japan
Rugby World Cup squads 2019: All 20 teams in full for the tournament in Japan
TJ Ioane
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.
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.
Samoa name 10 NZ-based Super Rugby players to face Wallabies
Warren Gatland takes a pop at Ireland’s playing style in post-match interview
Brothers off to Rugby World Cup … for different teams
Rugby World Cup: All squads for the 2019 tournament in Japan
Rugby World Cup: All squads for the 2019 tournament in Japan
Rugby World Cup 2019 all you need to know: Squads, fixtures, times
Rugby World Cup – Samoa profile: Full squad, head coach, key player, fixtures and odds
Conrad Smith
Conrad needs no introduction does he really?
Rugby World Cup 2019: Kieran Read feels All Blacks squad is better than previous winners
Rugby World Cup: How does the 2019 All Blacks team compare to the class of 2015?
Nelson to host Crusaders Super Rugby season opener
Steve Hansen: ‘I can’t be telling you Irish too much’
Brynn Evans
Brynn had a short stint with OBU in 2011.
The All Blacks World Cup Exiles XV