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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. We take pride in the achievements of all of our Goats & Impala players. This is where we can track what those that have moved on from the club are now up to. Especially in rugby involvement.
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’s hitting the headlines overseas that we don’t have included, then please let us know by emailing lorraine@oburugby.com
Let us know what you think! If there’s enough interest we might extend this to Goats playing Super Rugby for the Men and Farrah Palmer Cup for the Women.
Luke played halfback for OBU 2013-2015
OBU Stats
| Year 1st game | Prem # | Played | Tries | Conversions | Drop Goals | Penalties | Total Points | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | – | 29 | 8 | 17 | – | 15 | 119 | 55% |
- Luke came to OBU from Wellington College in 2013.
- He was part of the Jubilee cup winning team of 2015.
- At the end of 2015 Luke moved to the Bay of Plenty and has been playing for Te Puke Sports
- Luke has become a regular in the Bay of Plenty ITM cup squad debuting in 2016.
- He is now listed to play for the China Lions along with several other BOP players past and present. Although it seems not a lot of rugby will be played in that competition due to Covid19.
| # | Date | Latest Stories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Older | Huge Kiwi contingent in China Lions (and one Scottish international) for Global Rapid Rugby kick-off |
| 2 | – | – |
| 3 | – | – |
| 4 | – | – |
| 5 | – | – |
Matt played 1st 5 for OBU Colts Green in 2016
OBU Stats
| Year 1st game | Prem # | Played | Tries | Conversions | Drop Goals | Penalties | Total Points | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| # | Date | Latest Stories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Older | Seven Super League Players Included In Ireland Squad |
| 2 | – | – |
| 3 | – | – |
| 4 | – | – |
Brynn had a short stint with OBU in 2011
OBU Stats
| Year 1st game | Prem # | Played | Tries | Conversions | Drop Goals | Penalties | Total Points | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | 15 | 25% |
- Brynn is a lock originally from the Hawkes Bay (brother of Gareth Evans).
- He got a contract with the Blues in 2008 switching to the Hurricanes in 2009.
- In June 2009 he played 2 test matches against France.
- He played 4 games for OBU in 2011 before joining English club London Irish in 2011 on a two-year contract.
- Then followed a season with Biarritz in 2014/15 and then a move to Sale Sharks where he’s been ever since.
Eric played for OBU in 2012
OBU stats
| Year 1st game | Prem # | Played | Tries | Conversions | Drop Goals | Penalties | Total Points | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | – | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 54% |
- Eric was nicknamed ‘The Big Easy’. He is a good bloke to have around on or off the paddock, he made a great contribution to the club during his time.
- Internationally Eric first played for USA in the Churchill cup in 2011 against England, Tonga and Russia. He has also played in the last 3 world cups (2011, 2015 & 2019)
- In the 2012 season he came to OBU and played 7 games for Manawatu.
- Eric played in the UK for the next few years including 2 seasons each for London Scottish and Newcastle.
- Then followed a season for Sacramento in the pro rugby USA before moving to France where he played 1 season for Saint Nazzaire and 4 seasons for Vannes in the Pro D2 competition where he is still listed to play at the moment.
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Jimmy played for OBU 2001?-2008
OBU stats
| Year 1st game | Prem # | Played | Tries | Conversions | Drop Goals | Penalties | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001? | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
- Jimmy was raised in Taranaki and came through the NPOB High School.
- He came to OBU and was immediately in the Wellington Rugby academy.
- Prior to Jimmy’s career in the UK he played for The Hurricanes, the Blues, NZ Secondary Schools, NZ Universities, and was a World Cup Under 21 winner.
- Jimmy also played 80 minutes in the one-off match for Wellington against BI Lions in 2005 which Wellington lost.
- He played for the Hurricanes and the Wellington Lions from 2005-2008
- He played for Blues and North Harbour in 2009
- Then came the move northe where he had 4 seasons with Newcastle (replacing Jonny Wilkinson), 2 with Leinster (replacing Johnny Sexton) and now into his 6th season with Wasps, along with another OBU prodigy in Lima Sopoaga.
- He has been very successful in the UK with the 2017/17 season probably the highlight. He scored 292 points (102 points ahead of the next best) and winning the Gilbert golden boot award. He was named the Aviva Premiership player of the year, RPA Players’ player of the year and Wasps’ player of the year. He was named in the Aviva Premiership Dream Team and his try won the Citizen Try of the Season award against Northampton Saints in round four.
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Michael played for OBU 2008-2011
Michael came to us from Wellington College in 2008. He was a 1st 5 with a deadly boot. After that he went to the Blues for a stint then off to the states to college.
Hobbsy is the son of OBU and NZ Rugby legend Jock Hobbs who passed to soon.
Since rugby Hobbsy has been continuing his studies with the occasional side project for charity notably in Africa raising funds to build a school
| Year 1st game | Prem # | Played | Tries | Conversions | Drop Goals | Penalties | Total Points | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | – | 13 | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | 20 | 69% |
| # | Date | Latest Stories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 Apr 2020 | Coronavirus: Ex-Crusader and All Blacks team up with importer on bulk PPE shipment |
| 2 | Older | Coronavirus: Former top rugby players so worried about PPE shortage they charter cargo flights to … |
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TJ was part of the team from 2008-2010
This included the last time we won won the Hardham Cup in 2009 played at the Stadium. 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.
| Year 1st game | Prem # | Played | Tries | Conversions | Drop Goals | Penalties | Total Points | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | – | 20 | 3 | – | – | – | 15 | 35% |
| # | Date | Latest Stories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 Apr 2020 | London Irish and Powerday pass the 15000th meal milestone |
| 2 | Older | The chequered history of Joe Marler as he faces judgement day and the ban one former England |
| 3 | Older | England’s Joe Marler – One Of The Game’s Great ‘Characters’ Or Just A Narcissistic Gobsh*te? |
| 4 | – | – |
| 5 | – | – |
| 6 | – | – |
Tom played for OBU in 2013-2014
Tom came out to OBU on a gap year from England and played in the 2013 & 14 seasons.
| Year 1st game | Prem # | Played | Tries | Conversions | Drop Goals | Penalties | Total Points | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | – | 13 | 5 | – | – | – | 25 | 54% |
| # | Date | Latest Stories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 Mar 2020 | Premiership Cup Final Squad Announced |
| 2 | 6 Mar 2020 | Harelquins Squad for trip to Bristol Bears |
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Conrad played for OBU from 2003 to 2011
| Year 1st game | Prem # | Played | Tries | Conversions | Drop Goals | Penalties | Total Points | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 71% |
- Conrad came to OBU from Francis Douglas Memorial College in New Plymouth. Which incidentally also produced the three Barrett brothers currently playing All Black rugby, Liam Coltman and John Mitchell.
- He made no representative sides in rugby at all until Under 21’s while playing for OBU in 2003. He went on to play 7 matches for Wellington Lions including in the famous Ranfurly Shield match against Canterbury where a late rally saw them level up 38, Conrad scored 2 tries on the way.
- In March 2004 Conrad debuted for the Hurricanes against the Cats from South Africa in a match that also included Ross Kennedy, Jason Spice and Shannon Paku from OBU. The Hurricanes won 42-25 but Conrad suffered a broken leg and missed the rest of the Super Rugby season.
- He played right through until 2015 with the Hurricanes before heading to France where he has been involved with Pau club ever since.
- Conrad debuted for the All Blacks against Italy in Rome in 2004 when he was 23 yrs old. This was after missing most of his debut super rugby season with a broken leg so was mostly of NPC form.
- All up Conrad played 94 matches for the All Blacks, 90 of them starting at centre. He scored 24 tries.
- Outside of All Black and OBU rugby, Conrad has played 33 NPC matches for Wellington Lions; 127 for the Hurricanes; 49 in French Top 14 and 3 in the European Challenge Cup.
- Over the years Conrad took every opportunity to stay involved with OBU as a player and as a coach for colts teams. He is a great example for any young player in how to be a sporting professional. Somewhere along the line he also managed to achieve his law degree and fit in some actual ‘real’ work while a professional player. Quite a rare thing in modern professional rugby!
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 representative 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…
Lima played 1st 5 for OBU Prems in 2010-13
OBU Stats
| Year 1st game | Prem # | Played | Tries | Conversions | Drop Goals | Penalties | Total Points | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | – | 22 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 35 | 191 | 41% |
Danny Played for OBU in 2015
OBU Stats
| Year 1st game | Prem # | Played | Tries | Conversions | Drop Goals | Penalties | Total Points | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | – | 9 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 11 | 67% |
Danny played for OBU in 2015.He then went back to Auckland and has played for the NPC team. Danny managed to fit in a stint playing for Samoa on the sevens circuit. He is now playing in the American Major League Rugby.
| # | Date | Latest Stories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Mar 2020 | Brace of Ma’a Nonu tries keeps San Diego Legion’s unbeaten … |
| 2 | 28 Feb 2020 | Making Predictions: Major League Rugby Week 4 |
| 3 | 5 Nov 2019 | Old Glory signs Auckland scrumhalf Danny Tusitala |
| 4 | – | – |
The following is a list of all ex OBU players included in the google search.
It is sorted alphabetically on surname. The list includes names of anyone who might do something interesting in rugby on or off-field and some who might do interesting things outside rugby too. e.g. Luke Fiso competing abroad in crossfit international competitions.For the most part anything that is returned in a search is added without any analysis unless it is not rugby related in which case we’ll just make a call if the news item is interesting enough to add!
| # | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mitch Andrews |
| 2 | Tim Bateman |
| 3 | Alex Berendregt |
| 4 | Hamish Buick |
| 5 | Luke Campbell |
| 6 | Courtney Clarke |
| 7 | Matt Coade |
| 8 | Bryn Evans |
| 9 | Sharlene Fagalilo |
| 10 | Tim Farrell |
| 11 | Luke Fiso |
| 12 | Moeahu Flavell |
| 13 | Thomas Fleming |
| 14 | Eric Fry |
| 15 | Jimmy Gopperth |
| 16 | Joel Hintz |
| 17 | Michael Hobbs |
| 18 | TJ Ioane |
| 19 | Sam Katz |
| 20 | Ross Kennedy |
| 21 | Sam Kilgour |
| 22 | Hautahi Kingi |
| 23 | Tom Lawday |
| 24 | Larissa Lima |
| 25 | Holly MacDonald |
| 26 | Will Mangos |
| 27 | Ben May |
| 28 | Marino Mikaele-Tu’u |
| 29 | Teegan Minkley |
| 30 | Taylor Mokate |
| 31 | Shannon Paku |
| 32 | Gavin Parker |
| 33 | Nina Poletti |
| 34 | Hugh Renton |
| 35 | Conrad Smith |
| 36 | Lima Sopoaga |
| 37 | Kendall Templeman |
| 38 | Will Tremain |
| 39 | Danny Tusitala |
| 40 | Huey Van Vliet |
| 41 | Logan Vaughan |
| 42 | Regan Verney |
| 43 | Te Wehi Wright |
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