Hika Reid

Rugby player

Hika Reid

Birth name

Hikatarewa Rockcliffe Reid

Date of birth

(1958-04-08) 8 April 1958 (age 66)

Place of birth

Ngongotahā, New Zealand

Height

1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Weight

95 kg (209 lb)

School

Western Heights High School

Rugby union career

Provincial / State sides
Position(s)	Hooker
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1978–87 1988–89	Bay of Plenty Wellington	85 25	()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1979 1980–88 1980–86	New Zealand Colts New Zealand Māori New Zealand	9	(8)

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]

References

^ Knight, Lindsay. "Hika Reid". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
^ Winton Aldworth, Top 10 heroes of the Bledisloe Cup, NZ Herald, 30 July 2010

Awards
Preceded by Vance Stewart	Tom French Memorial Māori rugby union player of the year 1980 1983	Succeeded by Frank Shelford
Preceded by Steven Pokere		Succeeded by Mike Clamp