Auckland in the 2009 Air New Zealand Cup

Auckland in 2009

2009 Air New Zealand Cup

Details

Coach

Assistant Coach

No. of Players

Home Ground

Statistics

Placing

Games Played

Wins

Losses

Comp. Points

The 2009 Air New Zealand Cup will be the Auckland's 4th consecutive participation in the competition. They are coming off a 2008 placing of 11th which include 5 wins, 5 losses and 22 competition points scored.

Mark Anscombe will coach Auckland for the first time after coming down from Northland and will be assisted by Andrew Strawbridge. A total of 26 players were selected to compete for the Air New Zealand Cup, with 14 forwards and 12 backs.

Auckland are currently sitting last on the 2009 Air New Zealand Cup standings after two rounds of play. A 47-13 loss to Hawke's Bay in the first round and a 22-16 loss at the hands of rivals Canterbury. They have scored 29 points but given up 69 with a total of 1 competition point.

Squad

Squad for the 2009 Air New Zealand Cup:

Props

  • Paea Fa'anunu
  • Charlie Faumuina
  • Tevita Mailau
  • Pauliasi Manu

Hookers

  • Tom McCartney
  • Francis Smith

Locks

  • Dean Budd
  • Kurtis Haiu
  • Andrew Van der Heijden
  • Jay Williams

 

Loose Forwards

  • Chris Lowrey
  • Hamish Paterson
  • Peter Saili
  • Onosai Tololima-Auva'a

Half Backs

  • Grayson Hart
  • Taniela Moa

Fly Halfs

  • Daniel Bowden
  • Ash Moeke

 

Centres

  • Jamie Helleur
  • Teddy Stanaway
  • Benson Stanley
  • Winston Stanley

Wings

  • Atieli Pakalani
  • Dave Thomas
  • Thomas Timani

Full Backs

  • Paul Williams

Fixtures

Auckland have play 5 of a total of 16 games in 2009, not including playoff appearances, 3 pre-season games and 13 round-robin games. During the round-robin they will play 6 home games and 7 away games.

Pre-season

Auckland's pre-season matches were a success with 3 wins out of 3, first beating Counties Manukau, 14-0 on 11 July, then gaining victory over Waikato 17 points to 12 on 17 July and finally climbing over North Harbour 17-6 on 23 July.

Date

Opponent

Score

Venue

11 July

Counties Manukau

14-0 W

Growers Stadium, Pukekohe

17 July

Waikato

17-12 W

Douglas Field, Waitakere

23 July

North Harbour

17-6 W

North Harbour Stadium Outer Oval, North Shore