Angus Ta'avao rugby player
Angus Ta'avao rugby player

Angus Ta'avao

22nd Mar 1990 1.94m/124kg Tighthead Prop

Super Rugby Team Of The Week: Round 10

5 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Round 10 of Super Rugby provided a few upsets with the Lions edging the Chiefs in Hamilton, The Sunwolves running the Hurricanes close in Japan while the Reds ended a 15-year-old drought in Durban beating...

Brad Weber to lead the Chiefs with Brodie Retallick sidelined

5 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Cheifs have been dealt futher injury blows ahead of their clash with the Lions, who are bottom of the South African conference.   Injured fullback Damian McKenzie will miss the remainder of...

41 players named for All Blacks foundation day

5 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

All Blacks have announced forty-one players who will attend the day which is aimed at allowing the All Blacks management team and top players to lay the foundation for the international season ahead. A...

Aaron Smith try snatches win over Chiefs for 14-man Highlanders

5 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Sio Tomkinson's red card made a Highlanders comeback look unlikely, but Aaron Smith had other ideas and punished the Chiefs.     Aaron Smith's late try saw the 14-man Highlanders come from...

All Blacks side to face Italy

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

In the forwards, props Ofa Tuungafasi and Nepo Laulala combine with hooker Dane Coles in the starting front row, with props Karl Tu'inukuafe and Angus Ta'avao, and hooker Nathan Harris to provide front...

Stats and Facts: Japan vs New Zealand

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

22 Stats and facts ahead of New Zealand's clash with Japan.       Stay up to date with the latest news on the clash, see the stats and much more HERE       1. New...

Eight Debutants named in All Blacks team to face Japan

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Two new All Blacks have been named in the starting XV - loose forward Dalton Papalii and midfielder Matt Proctor - with six more players set to make their Test debuts from the bench:...

Thursday Morning Round Up

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Joe Marler announces international retirement Harlequins have confirmed that Joe Marler has announced his retirement from international rugby. The Harlequins loosehead, who has been capped 59 times by...

Sonny Bill Williams Returns to Start against Los Pumas

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The All Blacks team has been named to play Argentina in the Rugby Championship Test at Jose Amalfitani Stadium (Estadio Velez Sarsfield) in Buenos Aires on Saturday 29 September.    The matchday...

Thursday Morning Round Up

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

SARU President: SA Teams "better off" playing in the Northern Hemisphere South African rugby president Mark Alexander has fueled the debate over his country's future direction in the sport. At...