Hika Reid
Rugby player
Birth name | Hikatarewa Rockcliffe Reid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1958-04-08) 8 April 1958 (age 66) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ngongotahā, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Western Heights High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hikatarewa Rockcliffe "Hika" Reid (born 8 April 1958) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Reid represented Bay of Plenty and Wellington at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, between 1980 and 1986. He played 40 matches for the All Blacks including nine internationals.[1] He is remembered today for a spectacular try in the second test against Australia in Brisbane, 1980, in which he started and ended a counterattack from near the All Blacks' goal line.[2]
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Preceded by Vance Stewart | Tom French Memorial Māori rugby union player of the year 1980 1983 | Succeeded by Frank Shelford |
Preceded by Steven Pokere | Succeeded by Mike Clamp |
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New Zealand Cavaliers 1986 squad
- Anderson
- Ashworth
- Crichton
- Dalton (c)
- Haden
- Hobbs
- Knight
- McDowall
- Mexted
- Mills
- Pierce
- Reid
- Shaw
- F. Shelford
- W. Shelford
- A. Whetton
- G. Whetton
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