CET Arena Sunday, 11 August at 4:35 PM
The Turbos’ season kicks off with a home match against Hawke’s Bay at 4.35pm on Sunday August 11. The annual grudge match has some added spice given new Turbos coach Peter Russell will... | Read More
Latest updates and news from the Manawatu Turbos
The Manawatu Turbos have locked in five more players for the 2019 Mitre 10 Cup season including a return home for outside back Andre Taylor.
Sunwolves halfback Jamie Booth, promising...
Manawatu’s young guns came to the fore as the Evergreens beat Wellington 47-40 in first preseason match of the season in Levin on Monday.
The 30-man Manawatu side showed plenty of...
Two former Turbos are among the Manawatu Evergreens squad trying to prove their worth to new coach Peter Russell when they take on Wellington in Levin at 1pm on Monday.
Russell has named...
Meet the team
Originally from Palmerston North Boys High School Hemopo opted to return to his roots in 2016 after a couple of seasons in Otago. The Highlanders lock had a break-out Super Rugby campaign in 2017 including a man-of-the-match performance against the British and Irish Lions. He was named the Turbos' player of the year in 2017.
The young Otere Black came storming out of High School rugby with Tu Toa in 2013 to claim the Senior 1 highest point scorer for College Old Boys with a staggering 223 points from just 16 games. A composed and intelligent player, Otere won a Super Rugby contract with the Hurricanes in 2015, before moving to the Blues in 2018.
An upcoming first five, Te Rure scored 114 points in his 19 games for the Turbos. He was a rising star that earned 3 caps for the New Zealand Under 20's. He left New Zealand to play rugby in Scotland for Edinburgh under his grandmother's Scottish heritage at the end of 2014, but returned in 2017.
Michael Alaalatoa joined the Manawatu Turbos in 2015 from the Waratahs. The beastly 136kg prop is solid at the set piece, and added some real grunt to the Turbos' front row. For an indication of the man's size, you only have to ask the Italians who dubbed him Jonah Lomu II Colosso.
