#1435 Hikawera Te Po Elliot
(1 game – Poverty Bay 2014)
South Canterbury 32 – 28 Poverty Bay
Sat 20th Sep 2014, 2:30pm Heartland Championship @Alpine Energy Stadium
*Note: Hikawera Elliot played one match for Poverty Bay and at the time of All Blacks selection, he did not have a provincial contract with any union. Because his last registration was with this union, he is Poverty Bay’s seventh All Black.
Hikawera Te Po Elliot
Hawkes Bay 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Counties M 2013, 2016
Poverty Bay 2014
Taranaki 2015
NZ Divisional XV 2005
NZ Under 21 2006
NZ Maori 2008, 2012, 2013, 2017
NZ Juniors 2009
Hurricanes 2008
Chiefs 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
2005: Hooker [2], Sub [7] – 9 games – 2 tries (10 pts)
2005: NZ Divisional XV: Sub – 2 games
2006: Hooker [2], Sub [1] – 3 games
2006: NZ Under 21: Hooker [2], Sub [3] – 5 games
2007: Hooker – 14 games – 1 try (5 pts)
2008: AB’s: Hooker – 1 tour game
2008: Hu: Sub – 12 games – 1 try (5 pts)
2008: Hooker – 13 games – 1 try (5 pts)
2008: NZ Maori: Hooker [2], Sub [3] – 5 games
2009: Ch: Hooker [4], Sub [11] – 15 games – 2 tries (10 pts)
2009: NZ Juniors: Hooker [3], Sub [1] – 4 games
2009: Hooker [13], Sub [2] – 15 games
2010: AB’s: Hooker – 2 tests
2010: Ch: Hooker [8], Sub [4] – 12 games – 2 tries (10 pts)
2010: Hooker – 12 games – 3 tries (15 pts)
2011: Ch: Hooker [9], Sub [5] – 14 games
2011: Hooker – 7 games
2012: AB’s: Hooker – 1 test
2012: NZ Maori: Hooker [2], Sub [1] – 3 games – 1 try (5 pts)
2012: Ch: Hooker [6], Sub [10] – 16 games
2012: Hooker [7], Sub [3] – 10 games – 2 tries (10 pts)
2013: Ch: Hooker [14], Sub [2] – 16 games – 1 try (5 pts)
2013: NZ Maori: Hooker – 1 game
2013: Hooker – 8 games – 2 tries (10 pts)
2014: Sub – 1 game
2015: AB’s: Hooker – 1 test
2015: Ch: Hooker – 15 games – 1 try (5 pts)
2015: Hooker [4], Sub [4] – 8 games – 1 try (5 pts)
2016: Ch: Hooker [7], Sub [9] – 16 games – 1 try (5 pts)
2016: Hooker [2], Sub [4] – 6 games
2017: NZ Maori: Sub – 1 game
2017: Ch: Hooker [7], Sub [6] – 13 games – 4 tries (20 pts)
Sub Total: AB’s: 4 tests, 1 game:
NZ Maori: 10 games (5 pts):
Super: Ch: 117 games (55 pts): Hu: 12 games (5 pts)
Prov: CM: 14 games (10 pts): HB: 83 games (45 pts) Poverty Bay 1 game
PB: 1 game: Tar: 8 games (5 pts)
Others: 11 games
Total: 261 games (125 pts)
Hika Elliot – ALL BLACK #1086
| For a player whose time in the All Blacks was never extensive, Hika Elliot developed a remarkable cult following, because of the vigour and energy of his play.
He was never an original All Blacks selection, owing his four appearances to injuries to those chosen ahead of him. And despite his charismatic qualities there were reservations about his favouring the flamboyance of the loose to the hard graft in the tighter aspects and over some of his lineout throwing. Yet with the wider public he was always a popular figure. He made his All Blacks debut because of an injury to Andrew Hore on the 2008 end-of-year tour. He was on the bench for the midweek game against Munster and came on for the final 18 minutes. His test debut came two years later when he started the internationals against Scotland and Ireland. He then received his third and final cap in early 2012 when he replaced Hore for the final 23 minutes of the test against Ireland at Eden Park. His All Blacks hopes later in the year were dashed when the younger Dane Coles was called in for the end-of-season tour. Elliot was a promising teenager who played for the New Zealand under 19s in 2004 and in the same year was captain of the secondary school side. He played, indeed, for a wide range of national sides: the under 21s in 2006, the Divisional selection in 2005, the Maori All Blacks in 2008 and was in the Junior All Blacks in the IRB Pacific Cup tournament in 2009. He first played for Hawke’s Bay in 2005 and had the last of his 83 games for the Magpies in 2012. Surprisingly, at least to everyone outside the Bay, he was not wanted for the 2013 season. Instead, he was snapped up by Counties-Manukau for whom he had the satisfaction of playing in a winning Ranfurly Shield side against his old union. His first Super rugby was with the Hurricanes, but his game time was limited because of the presence of Hore and from 2009 he was with the Chiefs, with whom he lifted his Super appearances to 85. In 2012-13 he and former Manu Samoa captain Mahonri Schwalger shared the hooking berth, but Elliot was involved in both of the winning finals in those seasons. In late 2013 his career appeared to have come to a premature end with a serious neck injury received playing for the Maori against Canada. But in the latter part of the 2014 season he had a few games in the Heartlands competition with Poverty Bay and because of an injury to new All Black Nathan Harris, he was recalled to the Chiefs as cover for the 2015 Super competition. |
| FULL NAME | Hikawera Te Po Elliot |
| BORN | Wednesday, 22 January 1986 in Hastings, New Zealand |
| AGE | 36 |
| PHYSICAL | 1.86m, 117kg |
| POSITION | Hooker |
| LAST SCHOOL | Hastings Boys’ High |
| RUGBY CLUB (First made All Blacks from) |
Havelock North |
| PROVINCES | Hawke’s Bay, Counties Manukau, Poverty Bay CAP Number #1435 |
| SUPER RUGBY TEAM | Chiefs |
| ALL BLACK DEBUT | Tuesday, 18 November 2008 v Munster at Limerick aged 22 years, 301 days |
| INTERNATIONAL DEBUT | Saturday, 13 November 2010 v Scotland at Edinburgh aged 24 years, 295 days |
| LAST TEST | Wednesday, 8 July 2015 v Samoa at Apia aged 29 years, 167 days |
| ALL BLACK TESTS | 4 (2 as a substitute) 4 |
| ALL BLACK GAMES | 1 (1 as a substitute) 1 |
| TOTAL ALL BLACK MATCHES | 5 (3 as a substitute) 5 |
| STARTING POSITIONS | Jersey Number 2 : 2 Jersey Number 16 : 2 |
| ALL BLACK TEST POINTS | 0pts |
| ALL BLACK GAME POINTS | 0pts |
| TOTAL ALL BLACK POINTS | 0pts |
| ALL BLACK NUMBER | 1086 |
ALL BLACK GAMES THAT ELLIOT PLAYED(+) = substitute; (-) = replaced |
| Click on the date below to view the Match Card |
2008 |
| 18 Nov vs Munster at Limerick 18-16 (+) |
2010 |
| 13 Nov vs Scotland at Edinburgh 49-3 (-) |
| 20 Nov vs Ireland at Dublin 38-18 (-) |
2012 |
| 9 Jun vs Ireland at Auckland 42-10 (+) |
2015 |
| 8 Jul vs Samoa at Apia 25-16 (+) |
| Elliot did not score any points for the All Blacks. |
TEST RECORD BY NATION |
P | W | D | L | t | c | p | dg | pts |
| Ireland | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Samoa | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scotland | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |