Hika Reid | |
Birth Name: | Hikatarewa Rockcliffe Reid |
Birth Date: | 8 April 1958 |
Birth Place: | Ngongotahā, New Zealand |
Ru Position: | Hooker |
Height: | 1.80NaN0 |
Weight: | 95kg (209lb) |
Ru Nationalteam: | New Zealand Colts New Zealand Māori |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 9 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (8) |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1979 1980–88 1980–86 |
Ru Province: | Bay of Plenty Wellington |
Ru Provinceyears: | 1978–87 1988–89 |
Ru Provincecaps: | 85 25 |
School: | Western Heights High School |
Hikatarewa Rockcliffe "Hika" Reid (born 8 April 1958) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Reid represented Bay of Plenty and Wellington at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, between 1980 and 1986. He played 40 matches for the All Blacks including nine internationals.[1] He is remembered today for a spectacular try in the second test against Australia in Brisbane, 1980, in which he started and ended a counterattack from near the All Blacks' goal line.[2]