Robin Matthew Brooke

Surname:

Brooke

First names:

Robin Matthew

All Black Player No:

924

All Black games played:

All Black years:

1992 - 1999

Clubs:

Marist

Provincial teams:

Auckland 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001
NZ Colts 1987
NZ Development Team 1990
NZ XV 1991
NZ B Team 1991
NZ Maori 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995

Super teams:

Blues 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

Provincial captain:

Auckland 1998

Super captain:

Blues 1999, 2000, 2001

Biography:

1987: Lock [4], No 8 [1] - 5 games
1987: NZ Colts: Lock [1], No 8 [2] - 3 games
1988: NZ Maori: Lock [9], No 8 [1] - 10 games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1988: Prince of Wales Cup: Lock - 1 game
1989: Lock [3], No 8 [1] - 4 games
1989: Prince of Wales Cup: Lock - 1 game
1989: NZ Maori: Lock - 1 game
1990: Lock - 10 games
1990: NZ Development Team: Lock - 4 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1990: NZ Maori: Lock - 2 games
1990: Prince of Wales Cup: Lock - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1991: Lock - 14 games - 3 tries (12 pts)
1991: Possibles: Lock - 1 game
1991: NZ XV: Lock - 3 games
1991: NZ B Team: Lock - 1 game
1991: Prince of Wales Cup: Lock - 1 game
1991: NZ Maori: Lock - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1992: AB's: Lock - 5 tests, 4 tour games
1992: Lock - 11 games - 3 tries (1 @ 4) (14 pts)
1992: Prince of Wales Cup: Flanker - 1 game
1992: NZ Maori: Flanker - 2 games
1993: AB's: Lock - 5 tests
1993: Lock - 13 games - 3 tries (15 pts)
1993: Possibles: 2nd game: Lock - 1 game
1993: NZ Trial: Probables: Lock - 1 game
1994: AB's: Lock - 2 tests
1994: Lock - 8 games - 1 try (5 pts)
1995: AB's: Lock - 10 tests, 1 tour game - 2 tries (10 pts)
1995: Lock - 9 games - 1 try (5 pts)
1995: Nth Island: Lock - 1 game
1995: Probables: Lock - 1 game
1995: NZ Maori: Flanker - 1 game - 1 try (5 pts)
1995: NZ Harlequins: Lock - 1 game
1996: AB's: Lock - 10 tests
1996: Bl: Lock - 10 games - 1 try (5 pts)
1996: Lock - 8 games
1996: NZ Presidents XV: Lock - 1 game - 1 try (5 pts)
1996: NZ Barbarians: Lock - 2 games - 2 tries (10 pts)
1997: AB's: Lock - 12 tests, 1 tour games - 2 tries (10 pts)
1997: Bl: Lock [12], Sub [1] - 13 games - 3 tries (15 pts)
1997: Lock [6], Sub [1] - 7 games
1997: NZ Barbarians: Lock - 1 game
1998: AB's: Lock - 7 tests
1998: Bl: Lock - 13 games - 1 try (5 pts)
1998: Lock - 6 games
1999: AB's: Lock - 11 tests, 1 tour game
1999: Bl: Lock - 9 games
2000: Bl: Lock - 9 games
2000: Lock [6], Sub [2] - 8 games - 1 try (5 pts)
2000: UK Barbarians: Lock - 2 games
2001: Bl: Lock - 11 games - 1 C (2 pts)
2001: Lock [6], Sub [2] - 8 games - 1 C (2 pts)
2001: UK Barbarians: Lock - 3 games

Total: AB's: 62 tests, 7 tour games (20 pts):
NZ Maori: 17 games (17 pts):
Super: 65 games (27 pts):
Prov: 111 games (58 pts):
Others: 31 games (23 pts)

Total: 276 games (145 pts)

1995: Maori Player of the Year

Born: 10 Dec 1966

Endorsement

It gives me great pleasure to write this character reference about this website. There would not be a person in this country who doesn’t know that rugby is the national game of New Zealand. The passion runs deep and the profile and exposure of the sport is without peer. A fair chunk of our heroes come from the game and nothing affects the mental psychology of the people more than rugby. Not even politics.

Because of this rich feeling, discussions in society are often based around the game and on the players involved. Memories tend to play tricks on people. They can fade and forget and get things muddled up. For nearly 90 years New Zealand rugby enthusiasts have been superbly served by the Rugby Almanack. It remains the definitive source of information from each season despite the advancement of technology.

However, we must accept that technology has advanced and like rugby, we therefore need to embrace the good that comes with that change. www.rugbyhistory.co.nz is the best rugby history site that is available. It provides comprehensive records of the All Blacks, all the Super rugby sides and most impressively of all, places a large emphasis on the national provincial competition, which remains such a crucial part of the fabric in New Zealand.

Kery Geertson’s dedication to this growing rugby treasure can not be denied. It continues to grow, mature and impress. To paraphrase the late, great Terry McLean www.rugbyhistory.co.nz should be stored as a favourite website for every rugby lover; it provides facts and fairness and hours of one of life’s greatest pleasures – browsing.

Grant Hassall
Wannabe Rugby Historian
New Plymouth

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