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Bruce Reihana

Birth name	Trevor Bruce Reihana
Date of birth	(1976-04-06) 6 April 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Thames, New Zealand
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	93 kg (14 st 9 lb; 205 lb)
School	Te Awamutu College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback/Wing/Fly-half Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–2011 Northampton 236 (1032) 2011–2014 Bordeaux-Bègles 48 (70) Correct as of 2 October 2010 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1996–2002 Waikato 81 (385) Correct as of 9 September 2006 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 1997–2002 Chiefs 58 (123) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2000 New Zealand 3 (10) – New Zealand Māori 11 Correct as of 1 Sep 2006 National sevens team Years Team Comps 1998, 2002 New Zealand
Medal record Men's rugby sevens Representing  New Zealand Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team competition 2002 Manchester Team competition

Bruce Trevor Reihana (born 6 April 1976) is a former rugby union rugby player. He was a utility back, most notably for the majority of his career as captain of Northampton Saints in the English Premiership.

Biography

Born in Thames, New Zealand, Reihana started playing in the National Provincial Championship level with Waikato in 1996 and led them to two Ranfurly Shield victories out of three. He played for the Chiefs in the former Super 12 from 1997 to 2002 with 58 games and 123 points to his name.

Internationally, Reihana represented the New Zealand Sevens in the rugby sevens. He played in the 1998 Commonwealth Games and the 2002 Commonwealth Games, winning gold medals on each occasion. He made 11 appearances for New Zealand Māori. He made his debut for New Zealand against France on 18 November 2000.

After not renewing his contract with the New Zealand Rugby Union in 2002, Reihana managed to get an overseas contact with Premiership side the Northampton Saints. He was used at fullback and became an influential figure for the Saints and even won the 2003–2004 PRA Players' Player of the Year Award.

Reihana was scheduled to return to New Zealand rugby after his stint in Europe, but it did not materialise as he decided to stay in England citing personal reasons. Resuming his career with the Saints, Reihana was promoted to captain after Steve Thompson decided to step down as co-captain.

During a 2006–07 Guinness Premiership match against Gloucester on 23 September 2006, Reihana suffered a knee ligament injury that would sideline him until 2007.

Reihana relinquished the Saints captaincy at the end of the 2008–09 Guinness Premiership, when Dylan Hartley was appointed in his place.

On 2 October 2010 Reihana scored 17 points against the Exeter Chiefs to take him through the milestone of 1,000 points for the Saints.

Bruce left the Northampton Saints at the end of the 2010–11 Aviva Premiership to join the French team, Bordeaux. This was announced over BBC Radio Northampton during the final Aviva Premiership game of the season, against Leeds Carnegie, as Bruce Reihana joined the field.

At the end of the 2013–2014 Season, Reihana retired as a player from professional rugby and became the skills coach for the Bordeaux rugby team. He has since moved to Bristol at the beginning of the 2017/18 season to work with Bristol Rugby.

Bruce Reihana was the Skills and Performance Coach with Bristol Bears and even more so still trained with his players in his fitness programs, he followed this mantra in doing the same with Bordeaux Begles Rugby and is still up with the fitness of The youngest players with in the first XV.

In August 2020, Reihana left his role with Bristol Bears and became skills and attack coach for Clifton Rugby, linking up with former Bristol Captain Matt Salter for the National 2 south frontrunners as they bid to seal promotion to National League 1.

In June 2021 he left Clifton to join Montpellier in the French Top 14 and was part of their title-winning staff in the 2021–22 season

He is currently the attack coach for the ProD2 team CA-Brive.

References

1. "allblacks.com – Bruce Reihana". web page. All Blacks and NZ Rugby. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
2. "Reihana returns to New Zealand". tvnz.co.nz. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2006.
3. "Reihana stays a Saint". ercrugby.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2006.
4. "New club captain and new shirt for Saints". northamptonsaints.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2006.
5. "Saints lose Reihana until 2007". planetrugby.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2006.
6. "Bruce Reihana". Bristol Rugby. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
7. "Bruce Reihana to join Montpellier". Clifton Rugby Football Club. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
8. "Montpellier win first Top 14 title in dominant style". Rugbypass.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
9. "Bruce Reihana nouveau responsable de l'attaque du CA Brive". CA Brive Website. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

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External links

• Bruce Reihana at the All Blacks (archived)
• Saints profile
• Bruce Reihana merchandise
• Bruce Reihana Testimonial 2010/2011 official website
• Purchase Bruce Reihana official prints

• 1976 births
• Living people
• Chiefs (Super Rugby) players
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
• Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
• Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for New Zealand
• New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in France
• Māori All Blacks players
• New Zealand international rugby sevens players
• New Zealand international rugby union players
• New Zealand male rugby sevens players
• New Zealand rugby union players
• Northampton Saints players
• Rugby sevens players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
• Rugby sevens players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
• Rugby union fullbacks
• Rugby union players from Thames, New Zealand
• Rugby union wings
• Union Bordeaux Bègles players
• Waikato rugby union players
• Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
• People educated at Te Awamutu College
• New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England