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
Five Manawatu Turbos have inked extensions while one of the province’s out-bound All Blacks has also committed for the 2019 season.
Tom Hughes, Faalelei Sione, Sam Malcolm, Ben Wyness...
Manawatu Toyota have recommited as a principal partner of Manawatu Rugby and the Manawatu Turbos for the next two years.
It continues the long-standing relationship between the business...
Record Hurricanes points scorer Beauden Barrett will return to the starting XV for Friday night's Investec Super Rugby match against the Brumbies in Palmerston North.
Barrett, who has...
Meet the team
Brice Henderson is an all round loose forward who made his debut for Turbos in 2015 after a year in the wider squad. A tough ball carrier with a high work rate in the contact area Brice adds plenty of depth and ability to the Turbos pack.
Originally from Manawatu, Asi returned after his final year of high school. The mobile prop is devastating with ball in hand and an solid scrummager. Known by teammates as 'Panda'.
Wyness was on the fringe of the Turbos for three seasons before getting the call up in 2018. The talented kicker and deceptively dangerous ball carrier is a fixture in the Feilding Yellows.
The damaging ball-carrier returns home for the 2018 season. After coming through the grades in Manawatu, Thompson set off for Canterbury 2013. His consistent performances for the red and blacks saw him signed to the Crusaders in 2014. In 2016 he signed with the Highlanders where he has established himself as a mainstay of the southerners' backline. Thompson is brother of former Turbos first five-eighth Isaac Thompson.
