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The Manukau Magpies are a rugby league football club based in MÄngere, a suburb of Auckland in New Zealand, who compete in the Auckland Rugby League. The club was established in March 1912 after a meeting in Onehunga (where they were originally based).
Rugby team Hawke's Bay Official Hawke's Bay Magpies emblem Union Hawke's Bay Rugby Union Nickname(s) Magpies Founded 1884 ; 141 years ago (1884) Location Poraiti, Napier, New Zealand Ground(s) McLean Park Coach(es) Brock James Captain(s) Tom Parsons Most appearances Orcades Crawford and Michael Johnson (137) Top scorer Jarrod Cunningham (1,380) Most tries Robbie Hunter (69) League(s) Bunnings ...
Male (left) and female (right) magpies of Tasmania. The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. Three subspecies, including both black-backed and white-backed magpies, were introduced to New Zealand from the 1860s to control pests in pastures. They are ...
Hawke's Bay made their debut, along with Tasman, Manawatu and Counties-Manukau, in the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup which had 14 teams. Hawkes Bay made their best effort to date in the 2007 Air New Zealand Cup, winning many games even against bigger unions such as Wellington and Waikato. They were the fairytale story of the competition, surprising ...
After redevelopment of the park the Graham Lowe Stand opened on Saturday 1 August 2009 when the Hawke's Bay Magpies opened their Air New Zealand Cup campaign with a win against Auckland. Redevelopments took just one year to complete.
In New Zealand, the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union team, from Napier, New Zealand, is also known as the magpies. [133] One of the best-known New Zealand poems is "The Magpies" by Denis Glover, with its refrain "Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle", imitating the sound of the bird – and the popular New Zealand comic Footrot Flats features a magpie ...
The Auckland Australian Football League which began in 1974, is an amateur Australian rules football competition in Auckland, New Zealand currently consisting of 6 clubs and is one of the leagues governed by AFL New Zealand. The league has a men's competition and affiliated women's competition known as Auckland Women's AFL featuring some of the ...
Aayden Clarke (born 11 August 1981) is a former New Zealand rugby union player [1] who notably played for Hawke's Bay Magpies [2] in the National Provincial Championship. He also had stints for Prato Cavalieri in Italy and the Kintetsu Liners in Japan. [3] His position of choice was first five-eighth and goal kicker.