Rugby player
| Birth name | Joseph Wirihana Royal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1985-05-31) 31 May 1985 (age 39) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 113 kg (249 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Te Aute College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Auckland University of Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Wirihana Royal (born 31 May 1985 in Rotorua, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the hooker (and occasionally prop) position for provincial side Auckland Gulls and for New Zealand's Māori international side the Māori All Blacks. Royal has previously played club rugby in Auckland before heading to Bay of Plenty Rugby in 2013 and spending 4 seasons with the Bay Steamers. After moving back home to Auckland in 2017 as an injury replacement for the Blues, has played 4 seasons with the Counties Manukau Steelers and is now with both Auckland Rugby in the Bunnings NPC and loaned to Ngāti Porou East Coast in the Heartland Championship.
Personal life
Royal is a New Zealander of Māori descent (Te Arawa, Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei and Ngāpuhi descent).
References
- "Joe Royal Bay of Plenty Profile". Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- "5 players from Ngāti Porou named in "Maori All Blacks"Ngāti Porou East Coast". 30 June 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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- 1985 births
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Māori All Blacks players
- Bay of Plenty rugby union players
- North Harbour rugby union players
- Rugby union hookers
- Rugby union players from Rotorua
- Living people
- Ngāpuhi people
- Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei people
- Te Arawa people
- Counties Manukau rugby union players
- Auckland rugby union players
- Moana Pasifika players
- People educated at Te Aute College
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1980s birth stubs