
Achievements
As a club, Tukapa has much to be proud of in terms of achievements both on and off the field. We now have Clubrooms and facilities which are the envy of most other clubs. We have produced many leading administrators who have made huge contributions to the success of rugby as a sport at club, provincial and national level. However, it is also on field that we have become highly regarded for many outstanding achievements over our 125 year history, highlighted by the impressive list of top players the Club has produced, which include the following:
All Blacks

Don Watson
1896
Hugh Mills
1897
Barney O’Dowda
1901
Simon Mynott
1905, 1907, 1910
Jack Stohr
1920
Charlie Brown
1913, 1920
George Loveridge
1913 — 1914
Gus Hart
1924
Jack Sullivan
1936 — 1938
Kevin Briscoe
1959 — 60; 1962 — 64
John McCullough
1959
Ash Gardiner
1974
Scott Waldrom
2008NZ Juniors/Colts

Kevin Briscoe
NZ Juniors 1958
Brian Gilhooly
NZ Juniors 1967
Ash Gardiner
NZ Juniors 1968
Tony Penn
NZ Colts 1999
Neil Brew
NZ Colts 2000
Chris Walker
NZ Colts 2007
Blade Thomson
NZ Colts 2010North Island

Hugh Mills
1897
Simon Mynott
1904 — 1908
Charlie Brown
1911, 1920
Jack Stohr
1912
George Loveridge
1913
Gus Hart
1924
Jack Sullivan
1936 — 1938
Peter Burke
1952 — 1954
Kevin Briscoe
1959, 1963
John McCullough
1959
Ash Gardiner
1974New Zealand Maori

Doc Ruakere
1936
Jimmy Wetere
1938
Tony Penn
2002
Scott Waldrom
2007 — 2008
Blade Thomson
2013 — 2015
Jamison Gibson-Park
2015
Mitchell Croswell
2015
Leighton Price
2016Super Rugby

Jamie Cameron
Hurricanes 1996
Mepi Faogali
Hurricanes 1998 & 2001
Darryl Fale
Hurricanes 1999
Tony Penn
Hurricanes 2001 — 2007
Scott Waldrom
Hurricanes 2008 — 09; Chiefs 2010 — 12
Laurence Corlett
Hurricanes 2011
Blade Thomson
Hurricanes 2013 — 16
Jamison Gibson-Park
Blues 2013 — 15; Hurricanes 2016
Mitchell Crosswell
Chiefs 2015
Ricky Riccitelli
Hurricanes 2016 — Present
Leighton Price
Blues 2017
Du'Plessis Kirifi
Hurricanes 2019 — PresentTaranaki
The 162 Tukapa players chosen to represent Taranaki A in what is now the NPC competition include five who represented the province more than 100 times, these being:

Peter Burke
117 Matches
Tony Penn
117 Matches
Dwight Murfitt
106 Matches
Lindsay Thomson
104 Matches
Ash Gardiner
102 MatchesOther

Scott Waldrom
NZ Sevens 2007
Geri Paul
NZ Women/Black Ferns 1989
Filipo Toala
Samoa 1998