Matt te pou biography
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Greetings Fellow Clubbies and happy RF Cadet School birthday on 15 July - don't forget to celebrate!
I hope you are still enjoying the Black Caps’ fantastic win and perhaps not so much that we are halfway through
The latest Newsletter includes a del av helhet on the RF Cadet so-called “medal”. We will also brev it in a “Barrack Square Bugle” on the website shortly, just in case you missed it. This item – plus a couple of other things - got me thinking about New Zealand’s honours and awards struktur generally and the medals that are awarded for bravery in non-operational circumstances in particular. (Awards for gallantry recognise military personnel for such acts during war and warlike service). Military personnel can, however, also be recognised for acts of bravery (see Sgt Hudson, GC, below).
The George Cross
Before the current awards system came into being in /96, awards for bravery in non-operational circumstances were part of the British struktur. The highest award was the
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Against the odds : Matt Te Pou and Māori rugby / Matt Te Pou with Matt McIlraith
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- Te Pou, Matt
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- McIlraith, Matt
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Matt Te Pou
For the rugby union coach, see Matt Te Pou (rugby union coach).
Rugby player
Birth name | Matthew John Kenneth Te Pou |
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Date of birth | () 27 August (age51) |
Place of birth | Waiouru, New Zealand |
Height | 6ft 4in (cm) |
Weight | lb (kg) |
Notable relative(s) | Matt Te Pou (father) |
Matthew John Kenneth Te Pou (born Waiouru, on 27 August ) is a New Zealand former rugby union player. He played for Tonga. He is of Māori descent. His father, also called Matt Te Pou, was a coach of the Maori All Blacks in
Career
[edit]Te Pou first played for Tonga in against Australia, in Canberra on 22 September He was part of the Rugby World Cup 'Ikale Tahi squad coached by Polutele Tu'ihalamaka, playing two matches in the tournament against the New Zealand and Italy. His last cap for Tonga was against Fiji in Nuku'alofa, on 7 June He played the National Provincial Championship for Thames Valley, King Country, as well in the Currie Cup, playi