Hawke's Bay (National Provincial Championship)

Hawke's Bay
	Official Hawke's Bay Magpies emblem
Union	Hawke's Bay Rugby Union
Nickname(s)	Magpies
Founded	1884; 140 years ago
Location	Poraiti, Napier, New Zealand
Ground(s)	McLean Park (Capacity: 19,700)
Coach(es)	Brock James
Captain(s)	Tom Parsons
Most appearances	Orcades Crawford and Michael Johnson (137)
Top scorer	Jarrod Cunningham (1,380)
Most tries	Robbie Hunter (69)
League(s)	Bunnings NPC
2023	5th ; Runners-up
	Team kit
	Team kit
Official website
	www.sporty.co.nz/magpies

Hawke's Bay (often known as the Hawke's Bay Magpies) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Napier, New Zealand. The union was originally established in 1884, with the National Provincial Championship established in 1976. They now play in the reformed National Provincial Championship competition. They play their home games at McLean Park in Napier in the Hawke's Bay region. The team is affiliated with the Hurricanes Super Rugby franchise. Their home playing colours are black and white.

Current squad

The Hawke's Bay Magpies squad for the 2024 Bunnings NPC is:^[1]^[2]

Hawke's Bay Magpies squad
Props Joe Apikotoa Lolani Faleiva Tim Farrell Joel Hintz Pouri Rakete-Stones Joshua Smith Hookers Jacob Devery Dylan Homan Kianu Kereru-Symes Locks Tom Allen Geoff Cridge Frank Lochore Hunter Morrison Tom Parsons (c) Isaia Walker-Leawere	Loose forwards Cooper Flanders Devan Flanders Josh Gimblett Josh Kaifa Hugh Renton Sam Smith Patrick Tuifua Semi Vodosese Half-backs (scrum-halves) Ere Enari Folau Fakatava Sam Wye First five-eighths (fly-halves) Harry Godfrey Lincoln McClutchie	Midfielders (centres) Nick Grigg Kienan Higgins Bryson Ioane ^REP Le Roux Malan Meni Manase Danny Toala Outside backs Neria Fomai Jonah Lowe ^INJ Ben O'Donnell Kere Penitito ^REP Mat Protheroe Lukas Ripley Andrew Tauatevalu Freedom Vahaakolo
(c) denotes team captain. Bold denotes internationally capped. ^INJ denotes a player ruled out for the season with injury. ^REP denotes a replacement squad player.

Hawke's Bay have never been overall Champions. Their full list of honours, though, include:^[3]^[4]

Players named in the 2023 Hawke's Bay Magpies squad, who also earned contracts or were named in a squad for any side participating in the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season:^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

^ "Magpies 2024 NPC squad confirmed". Hawke's Bay Rugby Union (Press release). 29 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
^ @hbmagpies (31 July 2024). "Squad 2024". Retrieved 1 August 2024 – via Instagram.
^ "National Provincial Championship winners, 1976–2014". Te Ara. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
^ "Mitre 10 Cup". Rugby Heartland. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
^ "Hurricanes 2024 DHL Super Rugby Pacific squad named". Hurricanes (Press release). 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
^ "2024 squad announcement". Highlanders (Press release). 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
^ "Moana Pasifika squad announcement 2024". Moana Pasifika (Press release). 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
^ "Safeguard Global ACT Brumbies squad named for 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season". Brumbies (Press release). 9 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^ "Gallagher Chiefs squad named for 2024". Chiefs (Press release). 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
^ "Western Force 2024 Super Rugby Pacific squad confirmed". Western Force (Press release). 9 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.