{{Short description|New Zealand rugby union player (1985–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2013}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Shane Christie | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1985|7|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Palmerston North, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|8|27|1985|7|23|df=y}} | death_place = Nelson, New Zealand | height = {{convert|1.81|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|95|kg|stlb lb|0|abbr=on}} | occupation = | school = Upper Hutt College | university = | relatives = | position = Flanker | years1 = 2010–2016 | clubs1 = {{Rut|Tasman}} | apps1 = 73 | points1 = 55 | years2 = 2013 | clubs2 = {{Rut|Crusaders}} | apps2 = 1 | points2 = 0 | years3 = 2014−2016 | clubs3 = {{Rut|Highlanders}} | apps3 = 29 | points3 = 10 | repyears1 = 2012–2013, 2016 | repteam1 = Māori All Blacks | repcaps1 = 8 | reppoints1 = 5 | clubupdate = | repupdate = }}
'''Shane Christie''' (13 July 1985 – 27 August 2025) was a New Zealand rugby union player and coach. Christie made appearances with Tasman, the Highlanders, and the Māori All Blacks. After repeated concussions ended his rugby career, he became an advocate for greater recognition of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). He died at the age of 40 and was posthumously confirmed as the second known case of CTE in New Zealand professional rugby.
==Early career== Born on 23 July 1985,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2025/08/27/world-rugby-accused-of-having-blood-on-your-hands-after-sus/|title=World Rugby accused of having 'blood on hands' after suspected suicide of ex-player|work=The Telegraph |date=27 August 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250828080222/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2025/08/27/world-rugby-accused-of-having-blood-on-your-hands-after-sus/|archive-date=28 August 2025|access-date=28 August 2025|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|quote=after the death of former New Zealand rugby player Shane Christie a day before his 40th birthday.}}</ref> in Palmerston North, Christie was of Māori (Ngāti Kurawhatia and Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi) descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npec.co.nz/wp/2015/06/30/5-players-from-ngati-porou-named-in-maori-all-blacks/|title=5 players from Ngāti Porou named in "Maori All Blacks"|website= Ngāti Porou East Coast|date=30 June 2015|access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> He was raised in Nelson, before moving to Wellington during his schooldays and attending school at Upper Hutt College.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-christie-nailing-his-new-career|title=Rugby: Christie nailing his new career|date=10 April 2014|website=Otago Daily Times Online News}}</ref> He returned to Nelson after leaving school and began working as a builder, a job he would have for six years before breaking into top-level domestic rugby.<ref name="auto2"/> During this time, he played rugby for Nelson in Tasman's club rugby competition and also played Heartland Championship rugby with Buller in 2009.<ref name="Rugby: Christie nailing his new career">{{cite web | url=http://files.allblacks.com/comms/2016-ISR/2017_ISR_Squad_Naming_Highlanders-PUBLISHED-01.pdf | title=Rugby: Christie nailing his new career | work=Otago Daily Times | date=10 April 2014 | access-date=23 January 2017 | archive-date=7 March 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307124831/http://files.allblacks.com/comms/2016-ISR/2017_ISR_Squad_Naming_Highlanders-PUBLISHED-01.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="CHRISTIE OUT TO NAIL HIGHLANDERS CO-CAPTAIN'S ROLE">{{cite web | url=http://www.makos.co.nz/news/christie-out-to-nail-highlanders-co-captains-role | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122160702/http://www.makos.co.nz/news/christie-out-to-nail-highlanders-co-captains-role | url-status=usurped | archive-date=22 January 2016 | title=Christie out to nail Highlanders co-captain's role | publisher=Makos Rugby | date = 3 December 2015 | access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref>
==Senior career== Christie first played senior provincial rugby with the Tasman Mako during the 2010 ITM Cup and scored two tries in five games. The Nelson-based team finished 12th out of 14 teams in the final season before the competition was rejigged to feature two divisions of 7 teams.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mako.nz/our-history/blog-post-title-one-86hr8-cs97z-xybwl-r7mwe-rwz6a|title=2010 ITM CUP|website=Tasman Mako}}</ref> He played all 10 games the following year as the Mako finished last in the Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mako.nz/our-history/blog-post-title-one-86hr8-cs97z-xybwl-r7mwe-rwz6a-a8fcr-h74mk|title=2011 ITM CUP|website=Tasman Mako}}</ref>
2012 was a more positive year for Tasman and it saw them finish 3rd in the Championship before a 41–34 semi-final loss to {{rut|Otago}}.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mako.nz/our-history/blog-post-title-one-86hr8-cs97z-xybwl-r7mwe-rwz6a-a8fcr|title=2012 ITM CUP|website=Tasman Mako}}</ref> Christie was again ever-present, starting in 10 of 11 matches and scoring one try.<ref name="auto3"/> The Makos gained promotion to the Premiership in 2013, finishing with 8 wins out of 10 regular season games before defeating {{rut|Southland}} and {{rut|Hawke's Bay}} in the semi-finals and final with Christie captaining the side and contributing 3 tries in 11 matches.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/103892882/concussion-forces-former-highlanders-forward-shane-christie-to-retire|title=Concussion forces former Highlanders forward Shane Christie to retire|publisher=Stuff}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360804222/shane-christie-former-new-zealand-rugby-union-player-has-died|title=Shane Christie, former Mako captain and assistant coach, has died|website=The Press|last1=Townsend|last2=Hindmarsh|first1=Katie|first2=Nina|date=27 August 2025}}</ref>
Tasman's upward trajectory continued through 2014 as they reached the Premiership final, being defeated 36–32 by {{rut|Taranaki}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/npc/rugby-taranaki-new-itm-cup-champions/YU4TMLYV5WNVBPX6SCG27HEA7A/|title=Taranaki new ITM Cup champs|first=Kris|last=Shannon|date=24 October 2014|website=NZ Herald}}</ref> Christie played ten times and scored one try, earning a nomination for the ITM Cup Player of the Season. Across the 2015 and 2016 seasons he scored five tries in 21 games, with the Makos finishing as losing semi-finalists and runners-up respectively.<ref name="Shane Christie itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics">{{cite web |title=Shane Christie itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics |url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player_19875.html |access-date=12 January 2017 |work=itsrugby.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Shane Christie lauds Highlanders depth as Super Rugby holders gather momentum">{{cite web | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/78375853/christie-lauds-highlanders-depth-as-super-rugby-holders-gather-momentum | title=Shane Christie lauds Highlanders depth as Super Rugby holders gather momentum | publisher=Rugby Heaven | date = 31 March 2016 | access-date=22 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Shane Christie and Ben Smith to lead Highlanders in next year's Super Rugby">{{cite web | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/74715184/shane-christie-and-ben-smith-to-lead-highlanders-in-next-years-super-rugby | title=Shane Christie and Ben Smith to lead Highlanders in next year's Super Rugby | publisher=Rugby Heaven | date = 8 December 2015 | access-date=22 January 2017}}</ref>
==Super Rugby== After several seasons of domestic rugby with Tasman, Christie earned his first Super Rugby contract at the age of 28, spending the 2013 Super Rugby season with seven-time champions, the {{rut|Crusaders}}. The team's loose forward group included All Blacks Richie McCaw, Kieran Read and Matt Todd, and Christie made a single appearance in what became his only season in Christchurch.<ref name="2013 Super Rugby Crusaders squad announced">{{cite press release | url=http://crusaders.co.nz/news/203-2013-investec-super-rugby-crusaders-squad-announced | title=2013 Super Rugby Crusaders squad announced | publisher=Crusaders | date=30 October 2012 | access-date=2 November 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360804264/former-highlander-and-tasman-mako-captain-shane-christie-dies-aged-39|title="Deep sadness": NZ Rugby’s tribute to ex-Māori All Black Shane Christie who died in suspected suicide, aged 39|website=Stuff|date=27 August 2025}}</ref>
He headed south to Dunedin to join the {{rut|Highlanders}} for 2014 and quickly established himself, starting 14 times and scoring two tries as they reached the tournament quarter-finals before losing 31–27 to the {{rut|Sharks}} in Durban.<ref>{{cite web | first=Marc | last=Hinton | title=Joseph: It's time for Highlanders to cut loose | url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/9909641/Joseph-Its-time-for-Highlanders-to-cut-loose | work=Rugby Heaven | date=6 April 2014 | access-date=6 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | first=Jeff | last=Cheshire | url=http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/highlanders/298003/rugby-six-stepping-highlanders | title=Six stepping up for Highlanders | work=Otago Daily Times | date=7 April 2014 | access-date=7 April 2014}}</ref> Christie missed most of the 2015 season through injury.<ref name="auto"/> It was an historic season for the franchise as they won their first Super Rugby title, beating the {{rut|Hurricanes}} 21–14 in the final.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/571210/former-highlanders-flanker-shane-christie-dies-aged-39|title=Former Highlanders flanker Shane Christie dies aged 39|date=27 August 2025|website=RNZ}}</ref>
In 2016, Christie was named Highlanders co-captain alongside All Blacks fullback Ben Smith. He played 11 times through the season.<ref name="Shane Christie itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics"/><ref name="Shane Christie and Ben Smith to lead Highlanders in next year's Super Rugby"/> The Highlanders were defeated in the second round of play-offs, losing 42–30 to the {{rut|Lions}} in Johannesburg. Christie didn't play in the semi-final loss, having received multiple concussions throughout the season.<ref name="nzh-funeral" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Lions vs Highlanders match summary |url=https://www.espn.com/rugby/match/_/gameId/276665/league/242041 |website=ESPN.com |access-date=2 September 2025 |date=30 July 2016}}</ref> At the team's end-of-season awards he was named the 2016 Community Champ.<ref>{{cite web |title=Club Records |url=https://thehighlanders.co.nz/club/club-records/ |publisher=Highlanders |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref>
Christie was named in the squad by new coach Tony Brown ahead of the 2017 season, but he never played another game. Ongoing concussion symptoms kept Christie from the field all year, and he finally announced his retirement in May 2018.<ref name="Highlanders 2017 Squad Guide">{{cite web |title=Highlanders 2017 Squad Guide |url=http://files.allblacks.com/comms/2016-ISR/2017_ISR_Squad_Naming_Highlanders-PUBLISHED-01.pdf |access-date=12 January 2017 |publisher=All Blacks.com |archive-date=7 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307124831/http://files.allblacks.com/comms/2016-ISR/2017_ISR_Squad_Naming_Highlanders-PUBLISHED-01.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shane Christie forced into retirement |url=https://www.planetrugby.com/shane-christie-forced-into-retirement |website=Planet Rugby |access-date=1 September 2025 |date=14 May 2018}}</ref> He had played 29 matches for the franchise.<ref name="stuff-death" />
==International== Christie represented the All Blacks Sevens twice during the 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series and has also turned out for the Māori All Blacks since 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/5005304/London-sevens-debut-for-Shane-Christie|title=Stuff|website=www.stuff.co.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.planetrugby.com/shane-christie-forced-into-retirement|title=Shane Christie forced into retirement|date=14 May 2018}}</ref> He received his first call up for the Māori ahead of their UK tour in November 2012 and debuted in a 32–24 defeat to Leicester Tigers on 13 November 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/15325283/maori-all-blacks-unveil-touring-squad|title=Maori All Blacks unveil touring squad|date=29 October 2012|website=ESPN.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rugby365.com/tournaments/premiership/news-premiership/tigers-halt-maori-charge/|title=Tigers halt Maori charge|website=rugby365.com}}</ref> He started the match and played the entire 80 minutes before earning a second cap four days later as a second-half replacement for Nick Crosswell in a 52-21 demolition of an RFU Championship XV while on 23 November he saw his first action against test match opposition in the shape of {{nrut|Canada}} who were overcome 32–19 in Oxford, England.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mako.nz/news/2012/10/29/christie-macdonald-named-in-maori-all-blacks-nzru|title=Christie & MacDonald named in Maori All Blacks [NZRU]|website=Tasman Mako}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.planetrugby.com/maori-abs-see-off-canada|title=Maori ABs see off Canada|date=24 November 2012}}</ref>
2013 saw him earn two more caps for the Māori in their North American tour victories over Canada and the {{nrut|United States}}, appearing as a second-half replacement for Luke Braid in the match against Canada in Toronto and playing the entire 80 minutes in the number 6 shirt against the US in Pennsylvania.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/226494/maori-team-named-to-take-on-canada|title=Maori team named to take on Canada|date=2 November 2013|website=RNZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rugby365.com/countries/new-zealand/bateman-leads-maori-past-usa/|title=Bateman leads Maori past USA|website=rugby365.com}}</ref>
Christie was again called up by the Māori ahead of their 2014 tour of {{nrut|Japan}} but had to withdraw due to injury, so it was after a gap of 3 years before he next pulled on the Black jersey, playing in matches against the US, Munster and Harlequins and scoring his first international try in the 22nd minute of the 26–10 win over Harlequins at Twickenham Stoop.<ref name="Players stunned at Maori All Blacks tour callup">{{cite web | url=http://www.makos.co.nz/newsblog/players-stunned-at-maori-all-blacks-tour-callup-%5Bnelson-mail%5D.aspx?sdl=true | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205145200/http://www.makos.co.nz/newsblog/players-stunned-at-maori-all-blacks-tour-callup-%5Bnelson-mail%5D.aspx?sdl=true | url-status=usurped | archive-date=5 February 2013 | title=Players stunned at Maori All Blacks tour callup | date= 30 October 2012 | access-date=10 December 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Shane Christie Maori All Blacks Player Profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.allblacks.com/Player/Maori/2113 | title=Shane Christie Maori All Blacks Player Profile | publisher=All Blacks.com | access-date=22 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Maori All Blacks squad named for northern tour">{{cite web | url=http://www.allblacks.com/News/30023/maori-all-blacks-squad-named-for-northern-tour | title=Maori All Blacks squad named for northern tour | publisher=All Blacks.com | date = 25 October 2016 | access-date=22 January 2017}}</ref>
==Coaching career== Following his retirement, Christie became an assistant coach for the Tasman team which won premierships in 2019 and 2020.<ref name="rugbypass-curious">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/curious-case-shane-christie/|title=The curious case of Shane Christie|date=19 May 2018|website=www.rugbypass.com}}</ref> He also coached the Tasman's women's team at the Farah Palmer Cup. For the 2021 and 2022 seasons he was the Highlanders' defence coach.<ref name="auto1" />
==Concussions== Christie played his last match in 2016 and missed the entire 2017 season, never fully recovering from head injuries.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hepburn |first1=Steve |title=Love of the game keeps him going |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/highlanders/love-game-keeps-him-going |access-date=1 September 2025 |publisher=Otago Daily Times |date=16 May 2018 |quote=Shane Christie announced his retirement on Monday from concussion and Ainley said...'He has not played for a couple of years.'}}</ref> The Highlanders had reported a "mystery illness" at the time.<ref name="rugbypass-curious" /> He officially ended his rugby career in 2018, at the age of 32, due to the effects of more concussions than he could remember.<ref name="auto1"/> The first had happened when he was a teenager, and at least ten were confirmed during his playing career. Those included three or four in the space of six weeks during Super Rugby 2016. By the end of his career he was unable to handle even "really light" contact in training.<ref name="nzh-funeral" />
Christie spoke about living with concussion symptoms, including headaches, memory lapses, problems with his vision and speech, and mood swings, throughout the rest of his life.<ref name="stuff-death" /><ref name="nzh-cte">{{cite news |last1=Reid |first1=Neil |title=Brain donation: Concussion ended Shane Christie's career, now rugby star on a mission to help others |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/brain-donation-concussion-ended-shane-christies-career-now-rugby-star-on-a-mission-to-help-others/XV3CG5EPONENZBOZFELUANVNJY/ |access-date=27 August 2025 |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date=21 December 2024}}</ref>
In response to concerns raised by Christie, New Zealand Rugby commissioned a report into his concussion care. It was written by judge Jeremy Doogue in 2019 and included at least seven recommendations for NZR. The report was not made public at the time, and medical confidentiality prevented Christie from speaking publicly about it. This frustrated Christie, who believed that the recommendations ought to have been treated separately to medical details. As part of his work to increase awareness of CTE and improve the way rugby managed injuries like his, he wanted to discuss the recommendations and NZR's progress towards meeting them.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fisher |first1=David |title=How Shane Christie was gagged from speaking on brain injuries the year before his death |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/how-shane-christie-was-gagged-from-speaking-on-brain-injuries-year-before-his-death/LMXOGQI5K5D47MBOFXPIKJ3HZE/ |access-date=8 January 2026 |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date=27 August 2025}}</ref> Instead, Christie secretly provided the report to NZME journalist David Fisher. After Christie's death in 2025, Fisher wrote about the report in the New Zealand Herald, including new comments from Christie and all seven recommendations from the report, with NZR's response to each of them.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fisher |first1=David |title=Revealed: The secret NZ Rugby report Māori All Black Shane Christie wanted released |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/revealed-the-secret-nz-rugby-report-maori-all-black-shane-christie-wanted-released/HZ4OFFQQ7NGJ7MELEN2IKK4KMA/ |access-date=8 January 2026 |agency=New Zealand Herald |date=3 September 2025}}</ref>
{{quote frame| Players like myself, Carl Hayman, Billy Guyton and many more have faced difficult questions: “Are we depressed? Are we just lazy? Are our problems just mental health issues?” Understanding the condition has been a complex and isolating journey.
The symptoms have affected our brains in such a way that we may become impulsive and obsessive around specific goals or topics of interest. From my limited understanding of CTE, both positive and negative emotions will be extremely affected by the degenerative disease, which unfortunately for Billy meant his emotions and lack of understanding of the cause, became deadly.
Rugby, our beloved national sport, has provided careers and shaped the lives of many. However, not everyone is dealt a favourable hand in the game. When will those responsible for the wellbeing of our contact-sport athletes begin to educate them about the genuine risks of concussion? |Shayne Christie, ''The Unspoken Truth: A Journey Through Concussion and CTE — The Untold Story of Best Friends and the Impact of Multiple Concussions in Contact Sports'', 2024<ref name="spinoff-cte" /> }}
===The Billy Guyton Foundation===
Especially after the 2023 death of his friend and fellow rugby player Billy Guyton, Christie became a campaigner for greater recognition of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). His own symptoms worsened after Guyton's death, including "psychotic events" that winter. Guyton was posthumously confirmed to have CTE, a first in New Zealand rugby. Christie also believed himself to have CTE and was a founder of the Billy Guyton Foundation, which helps players with concussions.<ref name="auto1" />
Like Guyton, Christie pledged to donate his brain to medical science.<ref name="nzh-cte" /><ref name="stuff-death">{{cite news |title=Former Highlander and Tasman Mako captain Shane Christie dies in suspected suicide, aged 39 |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360804264/former-highlander-and-tasman-mako-captain-shane-christie-dies-aged-39 |access-date=27 August 2025 |publisher=Stuff |date=27 August 2025}}</ref> This would eventually confirm a diagnosis of CTE, which can only be detected post-mortem.<ref name="nzh-funeral" />
==Death and CTE diagnosis== Christie died in Nelson on 27 August 2025. His death was referred to the coroner as a suspected suicide.<ref name="stuff-death" /><ref name="odt-die">{{cite news |last1=Seconi |first1=Adrian |last2=Duff |first2=Nic |title='How many more people have got to die?' |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/how-many-more-people-have-got-die |access-date=3 September 2025 |publisher=Otago Daily Times |date=28 August 2025}}</ref> Hundreds of people attended his funeral in Nelson on 2 September.<ref name="nzh-funeral">{{cite news |last1=Whales |first1=Jazlyn |title=Shane Christie funeral: Hundreds of mourners farewell ex-Māori All Black in Nelson |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/shane-christie-funeral-hundreds-of-mourners-farewell-ex-maori-all-black-in-nelson/XT4QBAGQZNEFDKB7VDNJHHS6T4/ |access-date=2 September 2025 |date=2 September 2025}}</ref>
Holly Parkes, Christie's former partner, observed that the last rugby team Christie played with was the 2016 Māori All Blacks, and that he was the third player (after Guyton and Sean Wainui) to die of suspected suicide.<ref name="spinoff-cte" />
His brain was donated to the National Brain Bank at the University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences where it was examined by a pathologist. His findings were published in April 2026, confirming "high stage" CTE. After Guyton, this was the second confirmed case of CTE in a New Zealand professional rugby player. Christie was also confirmed to have died by suicide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7166174/2026/04/02/cte-shane-christie-brain-injury-activist/ |title=Brain injury activist Shane Christie diagnosed with ‘high-stage’ CTE after taking own life |publisher=The Athletic |date=2 April 2026|access-date=2 April 2026}}</ref><ref name="spinoff-cte">{{cite news |last1=Cleaver |first1=Dylan |title=Rugby player Shane Christie had chronic traumatic encephalopathy |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/sports/02-04-2026/rugby-player-shane-christie-had-chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy |access-date=6 April 2026 |agency=The Spinoff |date=2 April 2026}}</ref>
All Black Carl Hayman, who has suspected CTE, said, "Shane wanted people to understand that he was sick, not depressed...Until NZR acknowledges and accepts there is a problem, cases will always be put down to issues around mental health, alcohol and lifestyle."<ref name="spinoff-cte" />
==Career honours==
'''All Blacks Sevens'''
* IRB Sevens World Series 2010–11<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.world.rugby/news/27036/the-secret-to-new-zealand-sevens-success|title=The secret to New Zealand Sevens success | World Rugby|website=www.world.rugby}}</ref>
'''Highlanders'''
* Super Rugby winners – 2015<ref name="auto"/>
'''Tasman'''
* ITM Cup Championship winners – 2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mako.nz/our-history/blog-post-title-one-86hr8-cs97z-xybwl-r7mwe-rwz6a-a8fcr-h74mk-64527|title=2013 ITM CUP|website=Tasman Mako}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
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