Original post from New Zealand Rugby Players Association Josh Blackie, Seilala Mapusua and Hale T-Pole receive 2019 NZRPA Kirk Award Josh Blackie, Seilala Mapusua and Hale T-Pole are the latest recipients of the NZRPA Kirk Award in recognition of their contribution to their fellow players through the work, time, energy and skill they put into establishing Pacific Rugby [...]
Setting a new standard for the professional conduct of agents working with rugby players from Tonga, Fiji and Samoa, Pacific Rugby Players (PRP) new agent charter and accreditation model aims to provide peace of mind for players and families. Striving to provide security already afforded to players in other global regions, agents who successfully complete the accreditation process will [...]
Pacific Rugby Players (PRP) is proud to announce the appointment of its first female director, Annette Fale (MNZM). Fale’s 25 years’ experience in leadership roles in the not for profit and charitable sectors, as well as her involvement and commitment to the Pasifika community, see her equipped with the required skills needed to assist the organisation with advancing professional [...]
As women rugby players there are four main challenges that we face - challenges that I believe are more directed towards our sport than other more gender-stereotyped sports geared towards women such as netball or hockey. 1. Disapproval Firstly there’s the disapproval. From the wider society - and then there’s the disapproval that comes from within our player's own [...]
I was brought up in Wellington in a rugby-crazy family. We all played, my brother, my cousins, it was just part of our upbringing. I played from five years old but it wasn’t until I was about 18 that I realised I had the opportunity to make a career out of it. Moving to the UK was always in [...]