Zinzan Valentine Brooke

Surname:

Brooke

First names:

Zinzan Valentine

All Black Player No:

883

All Black games played:

100

All Black years:

1987 - 1997

Clubs:

Marist

Provincial teams:

Auckland 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
NZ Colts 1985, 1986
NZ Maori 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994

Super teams:

Blues 1996, 1997

Provincial captain:

Auckland 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
NZ Colts 1986
Nth Zone 1988
Possibles 1st game 1993

Super captain:

Blues 1996, 1997

Biography:

1985: Marist Presidents XV: Flanker - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1985: NZ Colts Trial: Sub - 1 game
1985: NZ Colts: Flanker - 4 games
1986: Flanker - 6 games
1986: NZ Colts: Flanker - 4 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1986: Prince of Wales Cup: Flanker - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1986: NZ Maori: Flanker - 3 games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1986: Barbarians: Flanker - 1 game
1987: AB's: Flanker - 3 tests - 5 tries (20 pts)
1987: Flanker [1], No 8 [13] - 14 games - 17 tries (68 pts)
1988: AB's: Flanker [6], No 8 [2] - 8 tour games - 5 tries (20 pts)
1988: No 8 - 17 games - 17 tries (68 pts)
1988: NZ Maori: Flanker [7], No 8 [3] - 10 games - 5 tries (20 pts)
1988: Nth Zone: Flanker [1], No 8 [1] - 2 games
1989: AB's: Flanker - 1 test, Flanker [2], No 8 [6] - 8 tour games - 7 tries (28 pts)
1989: No 8 - 18 games - 18 tries (72 pts)
1989: North Zone: Flanker - 2 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1989: Possibles: No 8 - 1 game
1989: Prince of Wales Cup: Flanker - 1 game
1990: AB's: No 8 - 4 tests, Flanker [1], No 8 [2] - 3 tour games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1990: No 8 - 15 games - 18 tries (72 pts)
1990: Possibles: No 8 - 1 game
1990: NZ Maori: Flanker - 2 games - 3 tries (12 pts)
1990: Prince of Wales Cup: Flanker - 1 game
1991: AB's: No 8 - 8 tests, 5 tour games - 5 tries (20 pts)
1991: No 8 - 10 games - 5 tries (20 pts)
1991: Probables: No 8 - 1 game
1992: AB's: Flanker - 1 tour game, No 8 - 3 tests, 6 tour games
(1 as captain) - 2 tries (10 pts)
1992: Flanker [3], No 8 [8] - 11 games - 2 tries (@ 4) (8 pts)
1992: Prince of Wales Cup: No 8 - 1 game
1992: NZ Maori: No 8 - 2 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1993: AB's: Flanker - 4 tests, 7 tour games (3 as captain),
No 8 - 2 tests - 6 tries (30 pts)
1993: Flanker [1], No 8 [12] - 13 games - 5 tries (25 pts)
1993: Possibles: 1st game: No 8 - 1 game
1993: NZ Trial: Probables: No 8 - 1 game
1993: NZ Maori: Flanker - 1 game
1994: AB's: No 8 - 5 tests - 1 try (5 pts)
1994: Flanker [3], No 8 [8] - 11 games - 1 try (5 pts)
1994: Probables: Flanker - 1 game
1994: NZ Maori: Flanker - 4 games - 1 try (5 pts)
1995: AB's: No 8 - 9 tests, 1 tour game (as captain) - 1 try, 1 DG (8 pts)
1995: Flanker [1], No 8 [11] - 12 games - 6 tries (30 pts)
1995: Nth Island: No 8 - 1 game - 1 try (5 pts)
1995: NZ Harlequins: No 8 - 1 game
1996: AB's: No 8 - 10 tests - 5 tries, 1 DG (28 pts)
1996: Bl: No 8 - 11 games - 2 tries, 1 C (12 pts)
1996: No 8 - 6 games - 2 tries (10 pts)
1996: NZ Presidents XV: No 8 -1 game
1997: AB's: No 8 - 11 tests, Flanker - 1 tour game - 3 tries, 1 DG (18 pts)
1997: Bl: No 8 - 11 games - 6 tries (30 pts)
1997: No 8 - 7 games - 3 tries (15 pts)
1999: UK Barbarians: 1 game - 1 try (5 pts)
2000: UK Barbarians: 2 games - 1 try (5 pts)

Sub Total: AB's: 60 tests, 40 tour games (195 pts):
NZ Maori: 22 games (49 pts):
Super: 22 games (42 pts):
Prov: 140 games (393 pts):
Others: 31 games (31 pts)

Total: 315 games (710 pts)

1992: Maori Player of the Year
1994: Player of the Year
1994: Maori Player of the Year
2000: Steinlager Salver (For outstanding service to rugby)

Born: 14 Feb 1965

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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