NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITIES

Mata'afa Keenan

Paul O'Shannessy

Bryce Bevin

Ross Nesdale

Jason Hewett

John McDermott

John Drake

John Collinson

Tim Burcher

Nicky Allen

Grant Dickson

Richard Smith

Jamie Helleur

Kieran Williams

David Kirk

Sean Fitzpatrick

James Semple

Andrew Parata

Glenn Palmer

Phil Lewis

Todd Potter

Sam Tuipulotu

Piran Trethewey

Campbell Burnes

Paul Surridge

Steve Surridge

Lee Stensness

Stu Mather

Josh Townsend

Thomas Vaughan

Teimana Mohi​​​​​​​

Sam Henwood

Brad Linklator

Wyatt McKay

Jordan Lay

Liam Steel

David Ormrod

Marcel Renata

Sinclair Dominkovich-Murray

Tom Robinson

Marius Tonu'u

Ben Bull

Tyrone Elkington

​​​​​​​Valentine Tuamiti

​​​​​​​Te Ariki Te Puni

​​​​​​​Henry Saker

Isileli Aholelei

Noah Foster

George Emosi

Tumama Tu'ulua

Takaji Young-Yen

Nathan Harris

Eli Marginson 

Josh Retter

Ngakete George

Will Bason

Josh Corrigan

Phoenix Kairimu

Liam Brady

Henry Saker

Christian Stenhouse

Sam Lester

Playing rugby at AURFC offers players the unique opportunity to be selected for the NZU team. This team travels annually in April, either internally within New Zealand or usually every second year to Japan. The NZU club has a long and strong relationship with the Japanese Rugby union, including long term sponsors Suzuki and ANZCO. We are proud to have many representatives players from AURFC for NZU, many of whom have gone onto higher honors.


AURFC Coaching & Management

2019 saw the previous New Zealand Universities Coaching and Management group step down which meant nominations opened up for the new group. Our nominations were successful and super proud of our coach and managers acheivements. This was continued with the 2020,21,22 and 23 tours.

NZU Head Coach: Jason Mclean

NZU Backs Coach: Tyrone Elkinton

NZU Managers: Braeden Saul 

NZU Physiotherapist: Harley Matthews

2020 New Zealand Universities Squad tour to Christchurch 

Top from left: ​​​​​​​Henry Saker (ex-NZU played for Cantabrian XV), Isileli Aholelei, Noah Foster, George Emosi, Te Ariki Te Puni

Bottom from left: Tyrone Elkington-Macdonald (NZU Captain), Tumama Tu'ulua, Takaji Young-Yen