| Born | Robin Matthew Brooke (1966-12-10)10 December 1966 (age 58) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 109 kg (17 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Mahurangi College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative | Zinzan Brooke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robin Matthew Brooke (born 10 December 1966 inWarkworth, New Zealand) is a former New Zealandrugby player. He played for theNew Zealand national rugby union team in the 1990s, playing many tests alongside brotherZinzan Brooke.
Brooke played representative rugby forAuckland, and made his All Blacks debut in June 1992 againstIreland.
Brooke was selected as one of the "Five promising players" from the 1987 season, in the 1988 Rugby Almanack of New Zealand and as one of the “Five players of the year” for the 1995 season, in the 1996 Rugby Almanack.
He played 69 games for theNew Zealand national rugby union team, 62 of them tests, and scored 4 tries, all in tests. Brooke captained theBlues in theSuper 12 of 2000 and 2001 and was in theAucklandNPC sides in those two seasons before retiring at the end of the 2001 season.
Born inWarkworth, Brooke attendedMahurangi College. His older brothersZinzan Brooke and Marty Brooke were also notable rugby players.
As of 2010[update], he owned aNew World supermarket in Warkworth, New Zealand.
In 2010, Brooke made a televised apology for allegedly groping a 15-year-old girl and grabbing her male friend by the throat whilst on holiday in Fiji. As part of a settlement he also made a contribution to charity and agreed to attend alcohol counselling.[1]
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| Preceded by | Tom French Memorial Māori rugby union player of the year 1995 | Succeeded by |
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