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Bruce Reihana
Bruce Reihana

Bruce Reihana

DOB6th Apr 1976
BirthplaceThames, N Zealand
Height1.85 m
Weight96 kg
PositionFull Back / Wing
Prev ClubChiefs
HonoursNew Zealand (2 caps)

What a difference half a season makes! Bruce Reihana was a late arrival in the 2002/03 season due to his NPC commitments with Waikato and spent most of last season finding his feet. It is true to say, that those feet have well and truly been found and he has been winning the hearts of the Saints supporters ever since.

Bruce scored 15 tries in all competitions in 2003/04 to add to the four he scored the season before. He also won the PRA Players' Player of the Year award that year and the Zurich Premiership Overseas Player of the Year. He also won the Chronicle & Echo's Player of the Year award and was joint top try scorer with Steve Hanley.

Over the coming seasons Bruce took over the mantle of the captaincy or shared the responsibility with club captain Steve Thompson. He also took over the kicking duties following the retirement of Paul Grayson and departure of Shane Drahm.

Bruce also scored a few tries, as you would expect, and ended the rugby year with nine, leaving him in second place, six behind scoring king Ben Cohen. He also consistently made the most metres in the Premiership week in week out and therefore deservedly came in third place in Saints' Player of the Year awards in 2005/06.

But 2006/07 was marred by injury. After moving from full-back to centre with the opening day loss of Jon Clarke, Bruce suffered a major knee injury of his own during the GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP trip to Gloucester. This required an operation and nearly five months of rehabilitation and after several turns as tee carrier, and 35 minutes of action for the Wanderers on a rainy Reading evening, Bruce returned to the Saints starting line-up against Harlequins at the end of February.

He started every match from then until the end of the season, and by the penultimate Premiership match at London Wasps had taken over the kicking duties. Furthermore Bruce scored a sensational try in the Heineken Cup semi-final that had Saints briefly dreaming of Twickenham. A success percentage rate in the 90s with the boot showed what Saints had been missing, and his emotional address to the crowd after Saints' relegation showed how much the skipper was determined to get his club back in the English top flight as soon as possible.

As club captain Bruce was the figurehead of the 2007/08 promotion campaign. He started more matches than anyone else (only missing the home match against the Bees), scored more points than anyone else and showed positional flexibility by playing on the wing and in the centres, as well full back. There was also the small matter of scoring two hat tricks of tries inside four days against Rotherham and Launceston in March. Against Sedgley Park Bruce set two notable records: the number of successful kicks in a game (13 from 14 attempts) and the highest individual points total within a game (36). He was deservedly named Player of the Season and his attitude was typified when he gave Johnny Howard and Darren Fox, the two longest-serving Saints players, the privilege of lifting the EDF Energy National Trophy at Twickenham. Bruce also endeared himself even more to the Saints supporters by signing a two-year contract extension that will keep him at Franklin's Gardens until at least 2010.

Visit Bruce's website by clicking here!

Current Season Stats

Date Opposition Tries Conv DG Pen YC RC Pts Mins
06/09/2009
Worcester Warriors







80
12/09/2009
Saracens







80
19/09/2009
Gloucester Rugby



2


6
80
26/09/2009
Leeds Carnegie



1


3
80
04/10/2009
London Wasps



1


3
80
10/10/2009
Munster







80
16/10/2009
Perpignan







80
24/10/2009
Sale Sharks
1





5
80
31/10/2009
Leicester Tigers







80
14/11/2009
Saracens
1





5
80
21/11/2009
Harlequins
1





5
80
17/01/2010
Perpignan







80
22/01/2010
Munster



1


3
80
29/01/2010
Sale Sharks







80
06/02/2010
Leicester Tigers







80
13/02/2010
Newcastle Falcons







80
27/02/2010
Leicester Tigers







80
07/03/2010
Sale Sharks

1




2
80
Total Played 18 3
1
0
5
0
0
32
1440

Previous Season Stats

CompetitionTeamPlayedTriesConvDGPenYCRCPts
2009-2010 - Guinness Premiership
Northampton Saints
11
2
1

4


24
2009-2010 - Heineken Cup
Northampton Saints
4



1


3
2009-2010 - LV= Cup
Northampton Saints
3
1





5
2009-2010 Total

18
3
1

5


32
2008-2009 - Challenge Cup
Northampton Saints
8
3





15
2008-2009 - EDF Energy Cup
Northampton Saints
2
1





5
2008-2009 - Guinness Premiership
Northampton Saints
19 +2
4
4

12


64
2008-2009 Total

29 +2
8
4

12


84
2007-2008 - EDF Energy National Trophy
Northampton Saints
5
1
3

13


50
2007-2008 - National League 1
Northampton Saints
29
28
49

8


262
2007-2008 Total

34
29
52

21


312
2006-2007 - Guinness Premiership
Northampton Saints
13
1
11

13


66
2006-2007 - Heineken Cup
Northampton Saints
2
1
1

2


13
2006-2007 Total

15
2
12

15


79
2005-2006 - Challenge Cup
Northampton Saints
6
3
16

9


74
2005-2006 - Guinness Premiership
Northampton Saints
21
5
32

39


206
2005-2006 - Powergen Cup
Northampton Saints
3
1
5

5


30
2005-2006 Total

30
9
53

53


310
2004-2005 - Heineken Cup
Northampton Saints
5
2





10
2004-2005 - Powergen Cup
Northampton Saints
1







2004-2005 - Zurich Premiership
Northampton Saints
21
1


2


11
2004-2005 Total

27
3


2


21
2003-2004 - Heineken Cup
Northampton Saints
6
2





10
2003-2004 - Powergen Cup
Northampton Saints
1
1





5
2003-2004 - Zurich Premiership
Northampton Saints
22
13
1

5


82
2003-2004 Total

29
16
1

5


97
2002-2003 - Heineken Cup
Northampton Saints
1







2002-2003 - Powergen Cup
Northampton Saints
4
1
3




11
2002-2003 - Zurich Premiership
Northampton Saints
12 +2
2
10

5


45
2002-2003 Total

17 +2
3
13

5


56
Total - Guinness Premiership

119 +4
28
59

80


498
Total - Heineken Cup

18
5
1

3


36
Total - LV= Cup

8
3
5

5


40
Total - Challenge Cup

14
6
16

9


89
Total - EDF Energy National Trophy

5
1
3

13


50
Total - National League 1

29
28
49

8


262
Total - Powergen Cup

2
1





5
Total - Powergen Cup

4
1
3




11
Total

199 +4
73
136
0
118
0
0
991
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