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| Birth name | Trevor Bruce Reihana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1976-04-06)6 April 1976 (age 49) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Thames, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb; 205 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Te Awamutu College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bruce Trevor Reihana (born 6 April 1976) is a formerrugby union rugby player. He was autility back, most notably for the majority of his career as captain ofNorthampton Saints in theEnglish Premiership.
Born inThames, New Zealand, Reihana started playing in theNational Provincial Championship level withWaikato in 1996 and led them to twoRanfurly Shield victories out of three. He played for theChiefs in the formerSuper 12 from 1997 to 2002 with 58 games and 123 points to his name.
Internationally, Reihana represented theNew Zealand Sevens in therugby sevens. He played in the1998 Commonwealth Games and the2002 Commonwealth Games, winning gold medals on each occasion. He made 11 appearances forNew Zealand Māori. He made his debut forNew Zealand againstFrance on 18 November 2000.
After not renewing his contract with theNew Zealand Rugby Union in 2002, Reihana managed to get an overseas contact withPremiership side theNorthampton Saints. He was used atfullback 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,[2] but it did not materialise as he decided to stay in England citing personal reasons.[3] Resuming his career with the Saints, Reihana was promoted tocaptain afterSteve Thompson decided to step down as co-captain.[4]
During a2006–07 Guinness Premiership match againstGloucester on 23 September 2006, Reihana suffered a kneeligament injury that would sideline him until 2007.[5]
Reihana relinquished the Saints captaincy at the end of the2008–09 Guinness Premiership, whenDylan Hartley was appointed in his place.
On 2 October 2010 Reihana scored 17 points against theExeter Chiefs to take him through the milestone of 1,000 points for the Saints.
Bruce left the Northampton Saints at the end of the2010–11 Aviva Premiership to join the French team, Bordeaux. This was announced overBBC Radio Northampton during the final Aviva Premiership game of the season, againstLeeds 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.[6]
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 leftClifton to joinMontpellier in the French Top 14[7] and was part of their title-winning staff in the 2021–22 season[8]
He is currently the attack coach for theProD2 teamCA-Brive.[9]
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