National Deaf Rugby Championships

The NZDRFU Rugby Shield of the National Deaf Rugby Inter-Zonal Championships has contested annually only since 1994. Winners have been as follows (with results since 1994):

Year	Matches				Venue
1990	South Island	17	North Island	14	Wellington
1991	Northern Region	26	Southern Region	0	Palmerston North
1992	Southern Region	28	Northern Region	13	Palmerston North
1993	Southern Zone	53	Northern Region	0	Christchurch
1993	Northern Zone	41	Central Zone	17	Taupo
1994	Central Zone	24	Northern Zone	23	West Auckland
	Southern Zone	41	Northern Zone	3	West Auckland
	Central Zone	17	Southern Zone	8	West Auckland
1995	Central Zone	41	Northern Zone	14	Lower Hutt
	Central Zone	22	Southern Zone	5	Lower Hutt
	Northern Zone	55	Southern Zone	10	Petone
1996	Southern Zone	22	Central Zone	10	Christchurch
	Southern Zone	17	Northern Zone	10	Christchurch
	Central Zone	41	Northern Zone	5	Christchurch
1997	Southern Zone	24	Northern Zone	17	Palmerston North
	Southern Zone	18	Central Zone	12	Palmerston North
	Northern Zone	32	Central Zone	17	Palmerston North
1998	Southern Zone	5	Central Zone	0	Wellington
	Northern Zone	19	Central Zone	13	Wellington
	Northern Zone	18	Southern Zone	14	Wellington
1999	Central Zone	50	Northern Zone	10	Auckland
	Northern Zone	17	Southern Zone	5	Auckland
	Central Zone	22	Southern Zone	0	Auckland
2000	Northern Zone	24	Southern Zone	3	Christchurch
	Central Zone	17	Southern Zone	7	Christchurch
	Central Zone	25	Northern Zone	14	Christchurch
2001	Southern Zone	26	Northern Zone	14	Rotorua
	Northern Zone	8	Central Zone	7	Rotorua
	Southern Zone	33	Central Zone	8	Rotorua
2002	Northern Zone	9	Central Zone	5	Otaki
	Southern Zone	29	Central Zone	13	Otaki
	Southern Zone	15	Northern Zone	10	Otaki
2003	Southern Zone	44	Central Zone	5	Dunedin
	Southern Zone	30	Northern Zone	24	Dunedin
	Central Zone	24	Northern Zone	19	Dunedin
2004	Southern Zone	13	Northern Zone	10	Papakura
	Central Zone	20	Northern Zone	13	Papakura
	Southern Zone	22	Central Zone	7	Papakura
2005	Central Zone	19	Northern Zone	12	Upper Hutt
	Southern Zone	31	Central Zone	14	Upper Hutt
	Southern Zone	13	Northern Zone	12	Upper Hutt
2006	Southern Zone	41	Central Zone	7	Christchurch
	Northern Zone	28	Central Zone	18	Christchurch
	Southern Zone	45	Northern Zone	14	Christchurch
2007	Northern Zone	24	Southern Zone	12	Hamilton
	Central Zone	24	Northern Zone	18	Hamilton
	Central Zone	29	Southern Zone	0	Hamilton
2008	Central Zone	21	Northern Marlins	8	New Plymouth
	Central Zone	14	Southern Zone	10	New Plymouth
	Northern Marlins	43	Southern Zone	5	New Plymouth
2009	Central Zone	41	Southern Zone	0	Nelson
	Northern Marlins	19	Southern Zone	7	Nelson
	Central Zone	41	Northern Marlins	13	Nelson
2010	Southern Zone	9	Northern Marlins	8	Waitakere
	Northern Marlins	33	Central Zone	12	Waitakere
	Southern Zone	20	Central Zone	10	Waitakere
2011	Northern Marlins	42	Central Zone	24	Petone
	Central Zone	15	Southern Zone	14	Petone
	Northern Marlins won by default Southern Zone				Petone
2012	Southern Zone	41	Central Zone	3	Lincoln
	Southern Zone	28	Northern Marlins	5	Lincoln
	Central Zone	38	Northern Marlins	0	Lincoln
2013	Southern Zone	15	Northern Marlins	10	Pakuranga
	Northern Marlins	33	Central Zone	7	Pakuranga
	Southern Zone	43	Central Zone	8	Pakuranga
2014	Northern Marlins	42	Central Zone	0	Wellington
	Southern Zone	60	Central Zone	3	Wellington
	Southern Zone	12	Northern Marlins	12	Wellington
2015	Southern Zone	18	Central Zone	12	Christchurch
	Southern Zone	16	Northern Marlins	15	Christchurch
	Central Zone	25	Northern Marlins	0	Christchurch
2016	Southern Zone	15	Northern Marlins	5	Papakura
	Central Zone	13	Northern Marlins	7	Papakura
	Southern Zone	24	Central Zone	24	Papakura
2017	Central Zone	20	Northern Marlins	20	Porirua
	Southern Zone	29	Central Zone	13	Porirua
	Southern Zone	17	Northern Marlins	10	Porirua
2018	Southern Zone	36	Central Zone	0	Linwood
	Southern Zone	24	Northern Marlins	12	Linwood
	Central Zone	31	Northern Marlins	29	Linwood
2019	Southern Zone	49	Northern Marlins	7	Remuera
	Central Zone	26	Northern Marlins	25	Remuera
	Southern Zone	25	Central Zone	14	Remuera
2020	Postponed due to coronavirus

New Zealand Deaf Rugby Shield - Championships

Winners have been:
Northern Marlins	1998, 2011
Central Zone	1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009
Southern Zone	1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Northern Marlins Team Record 1994-2019

Played 52: Won 17 Draw 2 Lost 33
Points for					Points against
T	C	PG	DG	Total	T	C	PG	DG	Total
128	63	31	0	890	153	87	30	2	1044	Diff - 154

Central Zone Team Record 1994-2019

Played 52: Won 24 Draw 2 Lost 26
Points for					Points against
T	C	PG	DG	Total	T	C	PG	DG	Total
122	75	31	0	853	152	73	37	1	1020	Diff - 167

Southern Zone Team Record 1994-2019

Played 52: Won 34 Draw 2 Lost 16
Points for					Points against
T	C	PG	DG	Total	T	C	PG	DG	Total
164	94	39	3	1134	110	59	23	0	737	Diff + 344

Tries (T), Conversions (C), Penalty Goals (PG), Dropped Goals (DG), Difference (Diff).

National Deaf Rugby XV Record

Match Records	By the teams
Highest team score	60 - 3	Southern beat Central, 2014
Lowest team score	5 - 0	Southern beat Central, 1998
Most tries	10	Southern Zone, 2014
Most conversions	6	Northern Zone, 1995
Most penalty goals	5	Southern Zone, 1997, 2003
Most dropped goals	1	Southern Zone, 1997, 2003, 2004
Most team points in 2 matches	86	Southern Zone, 2006
	82	Central Zone, 2009
	69	Northern Zone, 1995
Match Records	By the players
Most points	30	Hayden Teesdale (Northern), 1995 (3 tries, 6 conversions, 1 penalty goal.)
Most tries	4	Tony Willis (Central), 2007
Most conversions	6	Hayden Teesdale (Northern), 1995
Most penalty goals	5	Paul Henderson (Southern), 1997
Most dropped goals	1	Paul Henderson (Southern), 1997
	1	Brendon Wintrup (Southern), 2003
	1	Robbie Cooper (Southern), 2004
Most (20 or more) points in a match	30	Hayden Teesdale (Northern), 1995
	23	Hayden Teesdale (Northern), 1994
	23	Darryl Alexander (Southern), 2006
	21	Darryl Alexander (Central), 2009
	20	Tony Willis (Central), 2007
Matches Records	By the players
Most points in 2 matches	34	Hayden Teesdale (Northern), 1995
Most points in all matches	169	Darryl Alexander (N, S, C) 2001-2003, 2005-2011, 2014-2018
Most tries in all matches	17	Theodore Waterhouse, (Central), 1999-2010, 2012-2013, 2016, 2018-2019
Most conversions in all matches	38	Darryl Alexander (N, S, C), 2001-2003, 2005-2011, 2014-2018
Most penalty goals in all matches	18	Craig Haworth (Southern), 1992-2005
Most dropped goal in all matches	1	Paul Henderson (Southern), 1993-1997
	1	Brendon Wintrup (Southern), 2003-2007
	1	Robbie Cooper (Southern), 2004
Most (30 or more) points in 2 matches	34	Hayden Teesdale (Northern), 1995
Most (30 or more) points in 2 matches	32	Darryl Alexander (Central), 2009
Scored in all four ways	0pts	name, zone v zone try, conversion, penalty goal, dropped goal

Individual Scoring Players from 1990 to 2019

* Guest players	Tries	Conversions	Penalty	Drop goal	Total
* Guest players	5pts	2pts	3pts	3pts
Darryl ALEXANDER, 2001-2003, 2005-2011, 2014-2018	12=60	38=76	11=33	-	169
Theo WATERHOUSE, 1999-2010,2012-2013,2016-2019	17=85	28=56	9=27	-	168
Herbie AGNEW, 2009-2019	5=25	32=64	13=39	-	128
Hayden TEESDALE, 1993-2001,2005	13=65	15=30	11=33	-	128
Opeti FINAULANGI, 1995-2011,2013	16=80	7=14	7=21	-	115
Craig HAWORTH, 1992-2005	1=5	18=36	18=54	-	95
George HIRI, 1990-1998,2007-2010	16=80	-	-	-	80
Ashley BENSLEY, 2004-2019	13=65	4=8	1=3	-	76
Kamau WISE, 2006-07,2013-2019	6=30	13=26	3=9	-	65
Phillip KING, 1995-98,2001-2008,2010-2019	12=60	-	-	-	60
Ian HEFFORD, 2002-2008,2010-2011	5=25	9=18	4=12	-	55
Ben ROBERTSON, 1991-2007,2009-2012	11=55	-	-	-	55
Michael MAY, 1997-2006,2010-2017	10=50	-	-	-	50
Rodney ROBERTS, 1991-2008,2015-2019	9=45	-	-	-	45
Tony KUKLINSKI, 1991-2013	2=10	11=22	3=9	-	41
David BROWN, 2008-2013,2016	8=40	-	-	-	40
Paul BUZZARD, 1990-1997,2003-2005	8=40	-	-	-	40
James COPELAND, 2017-2019	1-5	9=18	5=15	-	38
Murray SPEERS (Jr), 2003-2005,2012-2015,2018	7=35	-	-	-	35
Tutu TIMIITI, 2004-2009,2012-2019	7=35	-	-	-	35
Kelly HOHAIA, 1997-2002	7=35	-	-	-	35
Tony WILLIS, 2007-2008,2010-2011	7=35	-	-	-	35
Paul HENDERSON, 1993-1997	2=10	2=4	5=15	1=3	32
Toby AGNEW, 2010-2019	6=30	-	-	-	30
Henry SCHUSTER, 2012-2019	6=30	-	-	-	30
Tane STUBBS, 2012,2015-2016	6=30	-	-	-	30
Nathan ROBINSON, 1991-1996,2001-2009,2011-2016	6=30	-	-	-	30
Kevin CARROLL, 1990-2013	6=30	-	-	-	30
Matt HOLLIS, 2016-2019	3=15	1=5	4=12	-	29
Steven HARVEY, 1997-2005,2009	5=25	-	1=3	-	28
Awhi PHILLIPS, 1998-2003	5=25	1=2	-	-	27
Dean KUMAR, 1993–2009	5=25	1=2	-	-	27
Reuben BUZZARD, 2011-2017,2019	5=25	-	-	-	25
Brett HARBORNE, 2011,2014-2018	5=25	-	-	-	25
Tama ALBERT, 2008,2015-2019	4=20	1=2	1=3	-	25
Sailusi TOALIMA, 2001-2017	5=25	-	-	-	25
Rhain YATES, 2003-09,2011,2013,2016	5=25	-	-	-	25
Eli ELSARA, 1999-2001,2008,2010-2016	5=25	-	-	-	25
Tom HARPER, 2005-2008	3=15	3=6	1=3	-	24
Clive MORGAN, 1991-2000,2004	1=5	5=10	3=9	-	24
Shane FENWICK, 1990-2002,2004-2007	4=20	1=2	-	-	22
Petaera MEIHANA, 2013-2017,2019	4=20	-	-	-	20
Darren ROPATA, 2005-2006,2013,2017-2019	4=20	-	-	-	20
Robbie COOPER, 2004	3=15	1=2	-	1=3	20
Tony MCGILL, 1992-1996,2001-2004	4=20	-	-	-	20
Scott HELLENS, 2007-2009,2011-2013	-	7=14	2=6	-	20
Caley MCCRACKER, 2005-2011	4=20	-	-	-	20
Grant RUTHERFORD, 2009-2011,2013-2017	3=15	1=2	1=3	-	20
Henare BROWNE, 2018-2019	3=15	-	-	-	15
Henry TANGIWAI-SCOTT, 2017-2019	3=15	-	-	-	15
Kenneth TATAI, 2005-2011,2013-2019	3=15	-	-	-	15
Paul WALKER, * 2016, 2018-2019	2=10	1=2	1=3	-	15
Mark LEWIS, 2014-2017	2=10	1=2	1=3		15
Matthew FINDSEN, 2013,2016-2019	3-15	-	-	-	15
Kahu BOUGHTON, 1998,2001,2007,2008,2014-2016,2019	3=15	-	-	-	15
Oliver FERGUSON, 1992-2098,2001-2005	3=15	-	-	-	15
Mark SIVITER, 1993-2002,2004	3=15	-	-	-	15
Chris MCGETTIGAN, 1990-1995,2000	-	6=12	1=3	-	15
Warwick FLINTOFF, 1990-2000	2=10	1=2	1=3	-	15
Nicholas HUMBY, 1991-2004,2006,2009-2011	3=15	-	-	-	15
Joseph KONELI, 2011,2013-2019	3=15	-	-	-	15
Jamie KUKLINSKI, 1990-2000,2002-2011	3=15	-	-	-	15
Laurence SMITH, 1991-1994	2=10	-	1=3	-	13
Peneiata MAILATA, 2010-2011,2013	1=5	1=2	2=6	-	13
Liam COLLINS, 2015,2017	1=5	2=4	1=3	-	12
Hagen COOPER, 2005-2008	2=10	1=2	-	-	12
Mitchell MACPHERSON 2015-2019	2=10	-	-	-	10
Doug BRAND, 2008-2010,2018-2019	2=10	-	-	-	10
Wiremu ELLIS, 2008-2015,2017-2019	2=10	-	-	-	10
Kupa PARKER, 2018-2019	2=10	-	-	-	10
Ben WEBB, 2009-2019	2=10	-	-	-	10
Mihake LEMON, 2007-2009,2014-2015,2017	2=10	-	-	-	10
Morgan MITCHELL, 2012	2=10	-	-	-	10
Lucky TUIATUA, 2009,2011	2=10	-	-	-	10
Kelly DOBBYN-DODUNSKI, 2005-2009,2011-2013	2=10	-	-	-	10
Rau MOKOTUPU, 1998-1999, 2001-2013	2=10	-	-	-	10
Peter MARTIN, 1990-1994, 2006-2008	2=10	-	-	-	10
Eddie HOKIANGA, 1994-1997	2=10	-	-	-	10
Douglas MAGON, 1995-1996	2=10	-	-	-	10
John WITCHALL, 1992-2008	2=10	-	-	-	10
Campbell MORRISON, 1990-2001	2=10	-	-	-	10
Satoshi FUJIE,* 1996-1997	2=10	-	-	-	10
Michael KING, 1993-2011,2015	2=10	-	-	-	10
Peter TUIN, 1999-2011	2=10	-	-	-	10
Nicholas DOWN, 2001,2003	2=10	-	-	-	10
Tinga KATIPA, 1999-2003	2=10	-	-	-	10
Ross FREEMANTLE, 1994-1996, 2000-2013, 2017	2=10	-	-	-	10
Patrick STOKELL, 2003-2019	2=10	-	-	-	10
Stu SAUNDERS, 1991-2003,2005-2006	2=10	-	-	-	10
Erich KROGMANN, 2010-2019	2=10	-	-	-	10
Paina PIRIKA, 2004-2005	2=10	-	-	-	10
Francis NGLAM, 1990-1993,2009-2010,2014-2019	1=5	-	1=3	-	8
Brendon WINTRUP, 2003-2007	1=5	-	-	1=3	8
Ian SLINN,* 1997	1=5	1=2	-	-	7
Nick ESCHENBACK, 2012-2013,2015	-	1=2	1=3	-	5
Graeme PHINNERY, 2007-2011,2013	1=5	-	-	-	5
Richard AUSTIN, 1993,1995,1999	1=5	-	-	-	5
Murray SPEERS (Sr), 1999,2003	1=5	-	-	-	5
Fetauo UALESI, 1990-1996,2001,2005	1=5	-	-	-	5
Micheal COLLETT, 1992-1997	1=5	-	-	-	5
Darren ROBERTS, 1993-1998	1=5	-	-	-	5
Leith TANGIWAI, 1992-2006,2011,2017-2019	1=5	-	-	-	5
Malcolm MATTHEWSON, 1995-1999	1=5	-	-	-	5
Simon MATTHEWS, 1995-1997	1=5	-	-	-	5
Joseph SU’A, 1991-1999	1=5	-	-	-	5
Garry FARQUHARSON, 1997-2000	1=5	-	-	-	5
Jimmy TRETHOWEN, 1990	1=5	-	-	-	5
Kevin SMITH,* 1997	1=5	-	-	-	5
Junior HOUKAMAU, 1997	1=5	-	-	-	5
Craig NIXON, 1993-1999	1=5	-	-	-	5
Riki WRIGHT, 1999-2001	1=5	-	-	-	5
David BUCHANAN, 1997-1999	1=5	-	-	-	5
Michael WAITES, 1993-1999,2001-2003,2005	1=5	-	-	-	5
John RODGERS, 1996-2002,2004	1=5	-	-	-	5
Tana GRANT, 2003	1=5	-	-	-	5
Samuel TAUA’A, 2002-2004,2010	1=5	-	-	-	5
Hemiona PIRIKA, 2003	1=5	-	-	-	5
Wiremu PARKER, 2004	1=5	-	-	-	5
Dustin WHIPPY, 2003-2005	1=5	-	-	-	5
Jon PATTERSON, 2005	1=5	-	-	-	5
Barry KAY, 1996-2011,2013,2014	1=5	-	-	-	5
Daniel GREENWOOD, 2005-2009,2011,2013,2016	1=5	-	-	-	5
Wihelm TOATAPU, 2005-2009	1=5	-	-	-	5
Danny CLARKSON, 2008-2009	1=5	-	-	-	5
Nathan GILMER, 2009	1=5	-	-	-	5
Brett BURCHER, 2010,2012-2014,2016-2019	1=5	-	-	-	5
Chris RAHARUHI, 2003,2007-2013,2016	1=5	-	-	-	5
Tyrone TE TAU, 2007,2010,2012-2013,2015,2017-2018	1=5	-	-	-	5
Peniata ELIVE, 2013	1=5	-	-	-	5
Talia VAKA, 2010-2017	1=5	-	-	-	5
Denton GRIMES, 2017	1=5	-	-	-	5

National Deaf Rugby Inter-Zonal Championships for the Trophy Competition Points

Pre Match - Appearance, Punctuality, Sprigs, Team Sheet, General Behaviour
Sportsmanship - Discipline, Control of Captain, Language, General Attitude Etc, "Sin Bin" Penalise under NZDRFU rule.
Law Knowledge and Acceptance of Decisions

Union	Year
Northern Marlins	1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2014,2019
Central Zone	1999, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018
Southern Zone	2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017

The Honour Awards

Most Valuable Player

Year	Player
2019	Doug Brand (Southern)
2018	Matt Hollis (Central)
2017	Mark Lewis (Northern)
2016	Matt Hollis (Central)
2015	Herbie Agnew (Southern)
2014	Ben Webb (Central)
2013	Rhain Yates (Northern)
2012	Theodore Waterhouse (Central)
2011	Scott Hellens (Northern)
2010	David Brown (Northern)
2009	Darryl Alexander (Central)
2008	Darryl Alexander (Central)
2007	Tony Willis (Central)
2006	Theodore Waterhouse (Central)
2005	Phillip King (Southern)
2004	Robbie Cooper (Southern)
2003	Murray Speers Jnr (Southern)
2002	John Rodgers (Northern)
2001	Nicholas Down (Southern)
2000	Theodore Waterhouse (Central)
1999	Steven Harvey (Central)
1998	Awhi Phillips (Southern)

The Best Player of the Championship

Each Affiliated Zone Unions

Year	Northern	Central	Southern
2019	James Copeland	Ben Webb	Ashley Bensley
2018	Kupa Parker	Darryl Alexander	Maara Tuare
2017	Tama Albert	Kawau Wise	Toby Agnew
2016	Tama Albert	Tane Stubbs	Paul Walker
2015	Liam Collins	Tane Stubbs	Ashley Bensley
2014	Mark Lewis	Erich Krogmann	Phillip King
2013	Scott Hellens	Ryan Cassidy	Michael May
2012	Scott Hellens	Theodore Waterhouse	Morgan Mitchell
2011	Scott Hellens	Tony Wills / Henry Schuster	Herbie Agnew
2010	David Brown	Tony Willis	Ashley Bensley
2009	Keita Kuratsu	Darryl Alexander	Toby Agnew
2008	Scott Hellens	Darryl Alexander	Ashley Bensley
2007	Kamau Hawea	Tony Willis	Phillip King
2006	*	*	*
2005	Darryl Alexander	Theodore Waterhouse	Phillip King
2004	Samuel Taua’a	Wiremu Parker	Nathan Robinson
2003	Darryl Alexander	Ross Freemantle	Nicholas Down
2002	Samual Taua'a	Kevin Carroll	Phillip King
2001	Chris Blum	Shane Fenwick	Craig Haworth
2000	Kelly Hohaia	Rodney Roberts	Awhi Phillips
1999	Warwick Flintoff	Theodore Waterhouse	Awhi Phillips
1998	John Rodgers	Steven Harvey	Ben Robertson
1997	Kelly Hohaia	Michael May	Paul Henderson
1996	Opeti Finaulangi	Tony Kuklinski	Paul Buzzard
1995	Mark Siviter	George Hiri	Craig Haworth
1994	John Kilkelly	George Hiri	Oliver Ferguson
1993	Hayden Teesdale	-	Tony McGill
1992	Warwick Flintoff	-	Craig Haworth
1991	Laurence Smith	George Hiri	-
1990	Francis Nglam	George Hiri	-

* No select to each name players by new committees forget
Updated 18 March 2020, Archive NZDRU as copyright.