Rugby player
Full name | Brendan Derek Te Oranga Haami | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1974-12-04) 4 December 1974 (age 50) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Stratford, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 167 lb (76 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brendan Derek Te Oranga Haami (born 4 December 1974) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player.
Born in Stratford, Taranaki, Haami was a diminutive half-back and is known by the nickname "Knackers".
Haami, NZ Maori representative, played 93 matches for Taranaki, debuting in 1997. He appeared for New Zealand in the 1999–2000 World Sevens Series. A Hurricanes player, Haami made most of his Super 12 appearances from 2001 to 2003, while an understudy to Jason Spice. He had a stint in England at Rotherham in 2004–05 and played briefly with Wellington on his return to New Zealand, as cover for Piri Weepu, before finishing his career back at Taranaki.
References
- "Brendon Derek Te Oranga Haami". New Zealand Rugby History.
- "Time's right for calling it quits, says Haami". Stuff.co.nz. 31 January 2009.
- "Tietjens' sevens squad prepares for Hong Kong". ESPN.com. 15 March 2000.
- "Brendan Haami - Hurricanes". www.hurricanes.co.nz.
- "Rugby: Reasons to return for Hami". NZ Herald. 18 October 2004.
External links
- Brendan Haami at ESPNscrum
- 1974 births
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby sevens players
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Hurricanes (rugby union) players
- Taranaki rugby union players
- Wellington rugby union players
- Rotherham Titans players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England
- Rugby union players from Stratford, New Zealand