Hika Reid

Hika Reid

Full name	Hikatarewa Rockcliffe Reid
Date of birth	8 April 1958
Place of birth	Rotorua, New Zealand
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
School	Western Heights High School
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Hooker
New Zealand No.	809
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1978–87 1988–89	Bay of Plenty Wellington	85 25
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(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

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