Auckland Rugby 2025

[SouthernMann]

@Tim said in Auckland Rugby 2025:

2024 Contenders Squad:

Forwards

Tito Tuipulotu (Ponsonby)

Oscar Cowley-Andrea (Pakuranga)

Millenium Sanirevi (College Rifles)

Nathaniel Pole (Marist)

Valentino Taito (GTEC)

Moses Hafoka (Pakuranga)

Maliu Niuafe (Marist)

Robson Faleafa (GTEC)

Crusader Faletagoa’I (College Rifles)

Caleb Pearson (College Rifles)

Frazer Brown (Ponsonby)

Junior Ahokovi (Marist)

Damien Naufahu (Eden)

Gage Jackson (GTEC)

Sione Takai (Pakuranga)

Sam Hainsworth-Faaofo (GTEC)

Setefano Leavasa (Pakuranga)

Sione Tuipolotu (Ponsonby)

Backs

Sam Howling (Ponsonby)

Luke Donaldson (Marist)

Riley Williams (Waitemata)

Alex Harford (College Rifles)

Will Butler (College Rifles)

Faletoi Peni (Ponsonby)

Alfa Kepu (Marist)

Tino Lui (GTEC)

Leo Gordon (College Rifles)

Amanaki Savieti (Waitemata)

PJ Uiese (Marist)

Liam Fitzsimons (GTEC)

Cephus Salavaio (Ponsonby)

Lolagi Visinia (Suburbs)

Theodore Steffany (Marist)

Vilimoni Koroi (College Rifles)

Interesting to see he is running around with Auckland after his season with Southland last year. Can't see him getting much game time for the blue and white hoops. Should mean Tayne Harvey will get some game time in his preferred spot for Southland though.

[Tim]

@SouthernMann That's the 2024 squad. No idea where he is now.

Be interesting to see what shape he is in after a season of NPC.

[SouthernMann]

Ah. My bad. I expect he will be back in Southland then

[Kiwidom]

@Tim Peni is playing major league rugby in the U.S
From the above list ,so is prop Male Ngiuafe

[Tim]

@Kiwidom said in Auckland Rugby 2025:

Male Ngiuafe

He's a tighthead who played for NZ U20 a couple of years ago? Wonder if he would be a good option for the Auckland squad now?

[Kiwidom]

@Tim Yup that's correct. Had a few injuries so just needs to string a few games together.
Id forgotten about Alex Harford - is he still around or still injured?

[Tim]

@Kiwidom said in Auckland Rugby 2025:

Alex Harford

Haven't seen him in club rugby team sheets. Isn't listed for any MLR teams either. Maybe injured?

[MacDazzler]

@Kiwidom Seen him at Auckland Airport two weeks back wearing Western Force gear.

[taniwharugby]

[Tim]

Apparently 2024 hooker Millennium Sanerivi played number 8 for College Rifles this weekend.

[Tim]

For Marist:

[Tim]

Isi Tuʻungafasi is back playing for Grammar TEC

[African Monkey]

@Tim said in Auckland Rugby 2025:

Apparently 2024 hooker Millennium Sanerivi played number 8 for College Rifles this weekend.

Was his position at high school funnily enough.

[Bovidae]

@African-Monkey said in Auckland Rugby 2025:

@Tim said in Auckland Rugby 2025:

Apparently 2024 hooker Millennium Sanerivi played number 8 for College Rifles this weekend.

Was his position at high school funnily enough.

He often played openside for Taranaki.

Some of the ABs were water-boys for the Marist-Varsity game.

[African Monkey]

@Bovidae said in Auckland Rugby 2025:

@African-Monkey said in Auckland Rugby 2025:

@Tim said in Auckland Rugby 2025:

Apparently 2024 hooker Millennium Sanerivi played number 8 for College Rifles this weekend.

Was his position at high school funnily enough.

He often played openside for Taranaki.

Some of the ABs were water-boys for the Marist-Varsity game.

Had a good laugh at Rieko being at the Marist game when he and his family are staunch Ponsonby people lol.

[Bovidae]

@African-Monkey said in Auckland Rugby 2025:

Had a good laugh at Rieko being at the Marist game when he and his family are staunch Ponsonby people lol.

Yeah that was funny. Beauden was with Uni and not Marist IIRC.

[george33]

Looking at first day in camp cannot see any out of the contenders lots of familiar names by the look of it.

[Duluth]

[Daffy Jaffy]

Could it be that young HB Lock Tom Allen is training with Auckland for this season? He was tagged by someone in this post on Auckland's IG -
Could this be him?

[Canes4life]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in NPC 2025:

Could it be that young HB Lock Tom Allen is training with Auckland for this season? He was tagged by someone in this post on Auckland's IG -
Could this be him?

That could be his twin brother.