Tepaea Cook-Savage Explained

Tepaea Cook-Savage
Birth Date:8 February 2001
Birth Place:Kaitaia, New Zealand
Height:1.730NaN0
Weight:860NaN0
School:St. Paul's Collegiate School
Position:Wing, Fullback
Currentclub:Waikato
Years1:2021–
Clubs1:Waikato
Apps1:23
Points1:59
Repyears1:2024–
Repteam1:New Zealand 7s
Repcaps1:0
Reppoints1:0
Clubupdate:21 July 2024
Repupdate:21 July 2024

Tepaea Cook-Savage (born 8 February 2001) is a New Zealand professional rugby union player who plays as a fullback for National Provincial Championship club Waikato and the New Zealand national sevens team.[1] [2] [3]

Early life

He attended St Paul's Collegiate School in Hamilton, New Zealand and captained their first XV rugby team in 2019.[4] [5] That year, he also played for the New Zealand Barbarian Schools side.[6]

International career

Te Paea Cook-Savage plays for Waikato and has featured at full back.[7] In 2021 he was Waikato's top points scorer and was subsequently called up to New Zealand Under 20's side.[8]

He was called-up to the New Zealand national rugby sevens team team for the first time in December 2022.[9] The following month he signed a two-year contract with the New Zealand Sevens side. [10] [11] He was a member of the New Zealand Sevens team that won the Hong Kong Sevens title in April 2024.[12] [13]

He competed for New Zealand at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[14] [15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: T.Cook-Savage. 8 April 2024. All.Rugby.
  2. Web site: T.Cook-Savage. 8 April 2024. Ultimate Rugby.
  3. Web site: T.Cook-Savage. Its Rugby. 8 April 2024.
  4. Web site: UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO CHIEFS UNDER 18 DEVELOPMENT TEAMS NAMED. Chiefs.co.nz. 8 April 2024. July 12, 2019.
  5. Web site: 1st XV Rugby season swings into action. hail.to. 8 April 2024. Andrew . Constable. May 23, 2019.
  6. Web site: English Championship player dominates the best NZ club players. Rugby Onslaught. 8 April 2024. 30 September 2019.
  7. Web site: Watch: 21-year-old fullback ignites try-of-the-season contender from inside 22. Rugby Pass. 8 April 2024. Sam. Smith. 14 September 2022.
  8. Web site: Rugby: Ex Mangonui sub-union players named in Junior All Blacks. Northland Age. 17 May 2021. 8 April 2024.
  9. News: Newshub. Rugby Sevens: Tepaea Cook-Savage eyes All Blacks Sevens debut at Cape Town world series tournament. 8 April 2024. 9 December 2022. Grant. Chapman.
  10. Web site: Carlos Spencer's son Payton among new signings for All Blacks Sevens squad. Stuff.co.nz. 8 April 2024. 16 June 2023.
  11. Web site: ALL BLACKS SEVENS SIGN EXCITING NEW TALENT. Allblacks.com. 8 April 2024. 17 January 2023.
  12. Web site: Associated Press. New Zealand teams win men's and women's titles at the Hong Kong Sevens. 8 April 2024. 7 April 2024.
  13. Web site: New Zealand move closer to Hong Kong double with wins over Australia. Rugby Pass. Finn. Morton. 7 April 2024. 8 April 2024.
  14. Web site: 2024-06-21 . Rugby Sevens teams named for Paris Olympics . live . 2024-07-26 . allblacks.com . en-NZ.
  15. Web site: 2024 . New Zealand - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024 . live . 2024-07-27 . www.world.rugby.

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