Chiefs 1996

Results

Year

Date

Versus

Venue

Result

F

A

1996

3 Mar

Crusaders

Hamilton

W

27

26

1996

10 Mar

Reds

Brisbane

L

22

26

1996

17 Mar

Natal

Durban

L

25

63

1996

23 Mar

Transvaal

Johannesburg

L

23

26

1996

30 Mar

Western Province

Hamilton

W

44

17

1996

3 Apr

Brumbies

Whangarei

W

26

18

1996

11 Apr

Northern Transvaal

Hamilton

W

17

9

1996

16 Apr

Highlanders

Invercargill

W

22

5

1996

20 Apr

Blues

Auckland

L

31

39

1996

28 Apr

Waratahs

Hamilton

W

39

17

1996

4 May

Hurricanes

Rotorua

L

15

23

 

Overall results

Played 11, won 6, lost 5

Points for 291, against 269

Chiefs finished sixth out of 12 teams and did not make the semi-finals

 

Match scorers

Versus

Tries

Con

PG

DG

Crusaders

Osborne, Rush

Foster

Foster (5)

Reds

Veitayaki, Little, penalty try

Foster (2)

Foster

Natal

Bunce, Turner, Larsen

Foster (2)

Foster

Foster

Transvaal

Osborne (2)

Burton (2)

Burton (3)

Western Province

Going (2), Foster (2), Veitayaki

Foster (4), Burton

Burton (3)

Brumbies

Monkley, McLeod

Burton (2)

Burton (4)

Northern Transvaal

Osborne, Berryman

Burton (2)

Burton

Highlanders

Crabb, Mitchell, Turner

Foster (2)

Foster

Blues

Mitchell, Rush, penalty try

Foster (2)

Foster (4)

Waratahs

Jones (3), Rush (2)

Foster (4)

Foster

Foster

Hurricanes

Johnston, Anglesey

Foster

Foster

 

When Ian Jones scored three tries against the Waratahs he became the first lock to score three in a first-class match since 1968, when Alan Sutherland did so for the All Blacks against Australian Capital Territory.

 

Season scoring

Player

T

C

P

D

Pts

Foster, Ian

2

18

14

2

94

Burton, Warren

7

11

47

Osborne, Glen

4

20

Rush, Eric

4

20

Jones, Ian

3

15

Going, Milton

2

10

Mitchell, Paul

2

10

penalty try

2

10

Turner, Richard

2

10

Veitayaki, Joe

2

10

Anglesey, Dean

1

5

Berryman, Norm

1

5

Bunce, Frank

1

5

Crabb, Simon

1

5

Johnston, Warren

1

5

Larsen, Blair

1

5

Little, Walter

1

5

McLeod, Scott

1

5

Monkley, Duane

1

5

TOTALS

32

25

25

2

291

 

Appearances

Player

Cru

Red

Ntl

Tvl

WP

Bru

NT

Hig

Blu

War

Hur

Ttl

Repl

Anglesey, Dean

1

1

1

1

1

5

4

Barry, Liam

1

1

1

1

1

1

6

1

Berryman, Norm

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

9

Bunce, Frank

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

11

Burton, Warren

1

1

1

1

1

5

Cooksley, Mark

1

1

1

1

1

1

6

Crabb, Simon

1

1

1

1

1

5

Foster, Ian

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

8

2

Gillespie, Boyd

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

7

1

Going, Milton

1

1

1

1

4

2

Gordon, Steve

1

1

2

Johnston, Warren

1

1

1

3

1

Jones, Ian

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

11

Larsen, Blair

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

10

Little, Walter

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

7

1

McFarland, Slade

1

1

1

1

1

1

6

2

McLeod, Scott

1

1

1

1

1

1

6

1

Mitchell, Paul

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

7

Monkley, Duane

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

9

Osborne, Glen

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

8

Rush, Eric

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

9

Simpkins, Steve

1

1

1

3

3

Stevenson, Craig

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

11

Taylor, Glenn

1

1

1

3

1

Turner, Richard

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

9

Veitayaki, Joe

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

11

Woods, Peter

1

1

1

3

 

As well as those who played, Steve Moore was selected in the squad but never took the field.

 

At the end of the season the following were Chiefs records:

Highest score: 44 v Western Province at Hamilton

Biggest winning margin: 27 points (44-17) v Western Province at Hamilton

Most tries in a match: 3 by Ian Jones v Waratahs at Hamilton

Most conversions in a match: 4 by Ian Foster v Western Province at Hamilton

                                                                4 by Ian Foster v Waratahs at Hamilton

Most penalty goals in a match: 5 by Ian Foster v Crusaders at Hamilton

Most points in a match: 18 by Ian Foster v Western Province at Hamilton

Most appearances: 11 by Frank Bunce, Ian Jones, Craig Stevenson and Joe Veitayaki

 

All record were set in 1996


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