List of Crusaders players

This is a list of rugby union footballers who have played for the Crusaders in Super Rugby. The list includes any player that has played in a regular season match, semi-final or final for the Crusaders.

Players are listed alphabetically.

List is updated up as of 11 April 2021. As of April 2021 248 individuals have played for the Crusaders. The latest player to debut for the Crusaders is Fletcher Newell, Crusader #248.

Name	Years Active	Games (Tries)	Crusader Number	International Debut
Orene Ai'i	2002	—
John Akurangi	1997	2 (0)	40
Michael Ala'alatoa	2015–	86 (5)	194
Pita Alatini	1996	5 (2)	32	1998 v France, Wellington
Steve Alfeld	2008, 2011	2 (0)	127
Harrison Allan	2018–2020	12 (0)	222
Sam Anderson-Heather	2018	1	230
Nathaniel Apa	2015	2	183
Paula Bale	1996–1997	13 (1)	23	1995 v Canada, Nadi (FIJ)
Con Barrell	1996–2001	45 (0)	3
Nick Barrett	2012	—
Scott Barrett	2014–	75 (14)	181	2016 v Ireland, Chicago
Tim Bateman	2007–2010, 2017–2019	50 (8)	117
Heiden Bedwell-Curtis	2017–	15 (2)
George Bell	2022	1 (1)	265
Mat Berquist	2011	13 (0)	152
Norm Berryman	1998–2000	30 (15)	49	1998 v South Africa, Durban
Dominic Bird	2013–2015	31 (5)	163	2013 v Japan, Tokyo
Ethan Blackadder	2018–	12 (5)	220
Todd Blackadder	1996–2001	71 (5)	8	1998 v England, Dunedin
Ben Blair	2001–2002, 2004	28 (7)	72	2001 v Scotland, Edinburgh
Tyler Bleyendaal	2012–2014	19 (2)	157
Peter Borlase	2010	2 (0)	144
Daniel Bowden	2010	6 (0)	147
George Bower	2019–	27	233
Tim Boys	2016	10 (0)
Stephen Brett	2006–2009	39 (4)	107
Finlay Brewis	2022	4	262
George Bridge	2017	62 (35)	199	2018 v Japan, Tokyo
Donald Brighouse	2018	5	219
Sam Broomhall	2001–2005	56 (3)	74	2002 v South Africa, Wellington
Jed Brown	2016	0
Fergus Burke	2020–	5 (11)	244
Brett Cameron	2018–	13	218
Seb Calder	2022	1	266
Dan Carter	2003–2015	123 (33)	84	2003 v Wales, Hamilton
Shane Christie	2013	1 (0)	168
Tom Christie	2020–	14 (4)	238
Craig Clarke	2005–2006	3 (0)	101
Greg Coffey	1996	3 (0)	28
Dean Coleman	1996	8 (0)	6
Blair Cook	2009	2 (0)	137
Ron Cribb	1999–2000	15 (7)	64	2000 v Scotland, Dunedin
Wyatt Crockett	2006–	202 (11)	104	2009 v Italy, Christchurch
Ryan Crotty	2009–2019	152 (24)	134	2013 v Australia, Sydney
Sean Cuttance	1999	1 (0)	61
Israel Dagg	2011–2018	87 (27)	149	2010 v Ireland, New Plymouth
Mike Delany	2018–	5	215	2009 v Italy, Milan
Vilimoni Delasau	2005	4 (0)	100
Graeme Dempster	1996	4 (0)	17
Tom Donnelly	2012–2013	19 (0)	156	2009 v Australia, Wellington
Whetu Douglas	2017	32 (4)	200
Mitchell Drummond	2014–	94 (17 )	178
Mitchell Dunshea	2017–	23 (10)	210
Ere Enari	2017–	8 (0)	205
Braydon Ennor	2018–	35	217
Andy Ellis	2006–2016	135 (21)		2006 v England, London
Joel Everson	2014	1	180
Tima Fainga'anuku	2018	1	223
Leicester Fainga'anuku	2019–	16 (4)	235
Issac Fea'unati	1997	2 (0)	45
Greg Feek	1998–2003, 2005	63 (5)	53	2001 v Samoa, Albany
Blair Feeney	1998	1 (0)	56
Ross Filipo	2004–2009	45 (8)	96	2007 v Canada, Hamilton
Chay Fihaki	2021–	1	246
Inga Finau	2022	1	260
Brad Fleming	1996	5 (2)	11
Aaron Flynn	1997–2000	24 (1)	42
Corey Flynn	2002–2014	150 (20)	80	2003 v Canada, Melbourne
Kieron Fonotia	2014–2016	39 (5)		2017 v New Zealand, Auckland (SAM)
Simon Forrest	1996	4	15
Kahn Fotuali'i	2008–2011	38 (8)	120	2010 v Japan, Tokyo (SAM)
Ben Franks	2006–2012	83 (2)	108	2010 v Ireland, New Plymouth
Owen Franks	2009–2019	152 (2)	138	2009 v Italy, Christchurch
Vernon Fredericks	2017	2	213
Robbie Fruean	2010–2013	61 (15)
Leon Fukofuka	2016	5	191	2017 v Wales, Auckland (TON)
Billy Fulton	2000	1 (0)	71
Ben Funnell	2012–2019	89 (7)	162
Zach Gallagher	2022-	8	263
Hamish Gard	2008–2009	9 (0)	125
Angus Gardiner	1996–1999	38 (3)	7
Dominic Gardiner	2022-	6	261
Rico Gear	2001, 2005–2007	40 (30)	73	2004 v Pacific Islanders, Albany
Daryl Gibson	1996–2002	77 (15)	14	1999 v Samoa, North Shore
Milton Going	1997–1998	6 (0)	44
Jack Goodhue	2017–	60 (65)	201	2018 v France, Dunedin
Cullen Grace	2020–	11	239	2020 v Australia, Brisbane
Zac Guildford	2010–2014	61 (22)	141	2009 v Wales, Cardiff
Billy Guyton	2015		187
Bryn Hall	2017–	67 (13)	202
David Hall	2011	1 (0)	155
Liam Hallam-Eames	2022	1	267
Scott Hamilton	2003–2008	58 (22)	87	2006 v Argentina, Buenos Aires
Chris Hammett	1996	4 (0)	4
Mark Hammett	1996–2003	81 (6)	18	1999 v France, Wellington
Scott Hansen	1996	2 (0)	25
Sam Harding	2005	8 (0)	99	2002 v Fiji, Wellington
Billy Harmon	2018–	11	214
David Havili	2015–	87 (24)	185	2017 v Argentina, Buenos Aires
Sione Havili	2020–	13 (2)	240
Willi Heinz	2010–2015	58 (3)	146
Dave Hewett	1999–2005	71 (2)	59	2001 v Ireland, Dublin
Simon Hickey	2022	5	253
Alex Hodgman	2015–2016	9 (1)
Andrew Hore	2001	6 (0)	76	2002 v England, London
Mitchell Hunt	2016–2019	48 (6)	198
Ben Hurst	2000–2003	18 (3)	70
Digby Ioane	2017	3 ()	20	2007 v Wales, Brisbane (AUS)
Chris Jack	1999–2007, 2010–2011	110 (7)	63	2001 v Argentina, Christchurch
Graham Jack	1998	4 (0)	50
Ricky Jackson	2022	7	264
Oliver Jager	2017–	28	208
Campbell Johnstone	2004–2008	38 (2)	94	2005 v Fiji, Albany
Sam Johnstone	1998	1 (0)	52
Will Jordan	2019–	22 (17)	231	2020 v Australia, Brisbane
Damion Kaui	1996	6 (3)	30
Tyson Keats	2009	3 (0)	136
Corey Kellow	2022-	7	255
Grant Kelly	1996	1 (0)	19
Ross Kennedy	2012	1 (0)	161
James Kerr	1997–1999	26 (4)	34
Chris King	2003–2004, 2018–	20 (1)	85
Richard Kirke	1996	3 (0)	31
Shilo Klein	2022	5 (1)	254
Tony Koonwaiyou	2004–2006	7 (0)	90
Tone Kopelani	2004–2006	31 (1)	93
Pat Lam	1996	3 (0)	33	1991 v Wales, Cardiff (SAM)
Steve Lancaster	1997–2000	26 (1)	35
Tanerau Latimer	2006	5 (3)	109	2009 v France, Dunedin
Casey Laulala	2004–2009	61 (20)	95	2004 v Wales, Cardiff
Nepo Laulala	2013–2015	31 (5)	170	2015 v Samoa, Apia
Reynold Lee-Lo	2014	6 (0)	173	2014 v Canada, Vannes
Johnny Leo'o	2002–2007	48 (6)	81
Daniel Lienert-Brown	2014	2 (0)	179
Daryl Lilley	1997–1999	29 (8)	36
Richard Loe	1996	9 (2)	20	1987 v Italy, Auckland
Stu Loe	1996–1998	26 (0)	1
Danny Love	1996	1 (0)	29
Jason Macdonald	2009	13 (1)	132
Leon MacDonald	1997, 1999–2003, 2005–2009	122 (42)	37	2000 v Scotland, Dunedin
Quentin MacDonald	2010–2012	24 (1)	143
Jone Macilai-Tori	2015–	15 (7)	186
Joe Maddock	2002–2003	16 (3)	78
Sean Maitland	2008–2012	54 (23)	123	2013 v England, Twickenham (SCO)
Andrew Makalio	2017–	42 (4)	211
Nasi Manu	2008–2009	16 (1)	124	2018 v Georgia, Suva (TON)
Tony Marsh	1998	9 (1)	51	2001 v South Africa, Paris (FRA)
Justin Marshall	1996–2005	105 (22)	9	1995 v France, Paris
Tom Marshall	2011–2013	42 (6)	153
Pablo Matera	2022	15 (1)	252	2013 v Chile (ARG)
Jason Mathie	1999	1 (0)	62
Manasa Mataele	2017	20 (14)	209
Tabai Matson	1996–1998	25 (6)	13	1999 v New Zealand Maori, Suva (FIJ)
Aaron Mauger	2000–2007	88 (21)	60	2001 v Ireland, Dublin
Nathan Mauger	1999, 2001–2004	29 (4)	66
Norm Maxwell	1996–2003, 2005	75 (2)	21	1999 v Samoa, Albany
Ben May	2007	3 (0)	116
Mark Mayerhofler	1996–2000	53 (10)	12	1998 v England, Dunedin
Brodie McAlister	2019–	8 (1)	237
Richie McCaw	2001–2015	125 (26)	77	2001 v Ireland, Dublin
Slade McFarland	2000, 2003–2004	13 (0)	68
Cameron McIntyre	2004, 2006	17 (2)	92
Josh McKay	2021–	1	247
Marty McKenzie	2016	10	197
Clark McLeod	1997–1999	21 (0)	41
Dallas McLeod	2020–	6	242
Johnny McNicholl	2013–2016	39 (16)
Andrew Mehrtens	1997–2005	87 (13)	43	1995 v Canada, Auckland
Brad Mika	2002, 2006	12 (2)	79	2002 v England, Twickenham
Andy Miller	1996	7 (0)	10	2002 v Russia, Tokyo (JAP)
Elton Moncreiff	1998	2 (0)	54
Joe Moody	2013–	98 (2)	164	2014 v Australia, Sydney
Richie Mo'unga	2016–	71 (24)	190	2018 v France, Dunedin
Dion Muir	1996	4 (0)	24
Bronson Murray	2009	11 (0)	131
Matt Mustchin	2002–2003	1 (0)	83	2008 v Argentina, Rosario (SCO)
Nemani Nadolo	2014–2016	40 (3)		2010 v Australia, Canberra (FIJ)
Kini Naholo	2022	1	257
Kevin Nepia	1997–1998	21 (3)	38
Fletcher Newell	2021–	3	248
Peter Nixon	2007	3 (0)	113
Jamie Nutbrown	2004–2005	15 (1)	91
Brendon O'Connor	2012	2 (0)	160
Kevin O'Neill	2005–2007	13 (0)	98	2008 v South Africa, Dunedin
Patrick Osborne	2012	0
Fetuli Paea	2020–	4	245
Jake Paringatai	2007	4 (0)	114
Michael Paterson	2007–2009	22 (0)	115
Ti'i Paulo	2005, 2007–2008, 2010	34 (5)	102	2010 v England, Twickenham (SAM)
Jared Payne	2009–2010	22 (2)	128	2014 v South Africa, Dublin (IRE)
Dan Perrin	2009–2010	8 (0)	135
Tim Perry	2014–2019	24 (1)	172
Hayden Peterson	2003	1 (0)	88
Tusi Pisi	2007	1 (0)	119	2011 (SAM)
Jonathan Poff	2007, 2009–2011	19 (1)	139
Kade Poki	2008–2010	15 (2)	121
Abraham Pole	2022	2	259
Reed Prinsep	2016	1 (0)
Isaiah Punivai	2022	1	258
Ngane Punivai	2019	2	236
Caleb Ralph	1999–2008	126 (50)	57	1998 v England, Auckland
Filipe Rayasi	1996	1 (0)	22
Kieran Read	2007–2019	156 (27)	110	2008 v Scotland, Edinburgh
Sevu Reece	2019	31 (25)	232	2019 v Argentina, Buenos Aires
Hugh Roach	2020–	1	243
Scott Robertson	1996–2003	86 (16)	26	1998 v Australia, Christchurch
Ged Robinson	2015–2016	4 (0)
Mark P Robinson	2000–2002	23 (3)	69	2000 v Scotland, Auckland
Luke Romano	2011–	133 (8)	154	2012 v Ireland, Hamilton
Isaac Ross	2007, 2009–2010	23 (3)	118	2009 v France, Duendin
Pete Samu	2016–2018	29 (8)	195	2018 v Ireland, Brisbane (AUS)
Tom Sanders	2018–	20	216
Kevin Senio	2006–2007	25 (2)	103	2005 v Australia, Auckland
Matt Sexton	1996–1999, 2001	36 (1)	2
Dallas Seymour	2000–2001	13 (1)	67
Colin Slade	2009–2010, 2014–2015	57 (4)	129	2010 v Australia, Sydney
Afato So'oalo	1997–2001	26 (14)	47	1996 v Ireland, Dublin (SAM)
Greg Somerville	1999–2008	115 (9)	58	2000 v Tonga, Albany
Waisake Sotutu	1997	—	2
Quinten Strange	2017–	33 (2)	212
Jack Stratton	2018–	1	221
Tim Stokes	1996	1 (0)	27
Steve Surridge	1997–1999	29 (1)	39
Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi	2022	6	256	2018 v Argentina, Nelson
Seta Tamanivalu	2017–2018	28	203	2016 v Wales, Auckland
Jordan Taufua	2013–2019	98 (14)	167
Codie Taylor	2013–	93 (16)	166	2015 v Argentina, Christchurch
Tom Taylor	2012–2015	58 (3)	158	2013 v Australia, Wellington
Rob Thompson	2014	2 (0)	175
Brad Thorn	2001, 2003–2004, 2008–2011	92 (11)	75	2003 v Wales, Hamilton
Reuben Thorne	1997–2008	129 (5)	48	1999 v South Africa, Pretoria
Ace Tiatia	1998	2 (0)	55
Rua Tipoki	2007	6 (1)	112
Matt Todd	2011–2019	138 (28)	150	2013 v France, New Plymouth
Siate Tokolahi	2014	1	182
Mose Tuiali'i	2004–2008	65 (14)	89	2004 v Argentina, Hamilton
Nafi Tuitavake	2014	20 (1)	175	2016 v Fiji, Suva (TON)
Jimmy Tupou	2013–2016	37 (1)
Adrian Tukaki	1996	7 (3)	16
Isi Tu'ungafasi	2019–	10	234
Tu Umaga-Marshall	2010–2011	2 (0)	148
Telusa Veainu	2013	4 (1)	169	2015 v Fiji, Suva (TON)
Ben Volavola	2016	7 (1)		2015 v Maori All Blacks, Suva (FIJ)
Marika Vunibaka	2000–2004	50 (35)	65	1999 v Canada, Vancouver (FIJ)
Sean Wainui	2016	7	189
Scott Waldrom	2004	1 (0)	97
Thomas Waldrom	2009–2010	26 (4)	130	2012 v South Africa, Johannesburg (ENG)
Brent Ward	2007, 2011	9 (2)	111
Mark Weedon	1996–1997	19 (0)	5
Joe Wheeler	2010–2012	4 (0)	145
Julian White	1997	1 (0)	46	2000 v South Africa, Pretoria (ENG)
Nick White	2002	1 (0)	82
Adam Whitelock	2009–2014	53 (7)	133
George Whitelock	2008–2014	86 (8)	126	2009 v Italy, Christchurch
Luke Whitelock	2012–2014	51 (3)	159	2016 v Japan, Tokyo
Sam Whitelock	2010–	156 (8)	142	2010 v Ireland, New Plymouth
Ali Williams	2008	15 (3)	122	2002 v England, Twickenham
Bryce Williams	2003	2 (0)	86
Paul Williams	2007	—		2010 v Tonga, Apia (SAM)
Sonny Bill Williams	2011	15 (5)	151	2010 v England, Twickenham
Steven Yates	2006	1 (0)	106

Brothers who have represented the Crusaders

Name #1	Name #2	Name #3	Name #4
Mark Hammett (1996–2003)	Chris Hammett (1996)
Casey Laulala (2004–2009)	Nepo Laulala (2013–2015)
Nathan Mauger (1999, 2001–2004)	Aaron Mauger (2000–2007)
Isaiah Punivai (2022)	Ngane Punivai (2019)
Scott Waldrom (2004)	Thomas Waldrom (2009–2010)
George Whitelock (2008–2014)	Adam Whitelock (2009–2014)	Sam Whitelock (2010–)	Luke Whitelock (2012–2014)

Father & son combinations

Father (years active)	Son (years active)
Todd Blackadder (1996–2001)	Ethan Blackadder (2018–)

Player & coach

Name	Played	Coached
Todd Blackadder	1996–2001	2008–2016
Scott Robertson	1996–2003	2017–2023

Notable Crusader numbers

Number	Name	Debut
1	Stu Loe	3 March 1996, v Chiefs
50	Graeme Jack	28 February 1998, v Chiefs
100	Vilimoni Delasau	5 March 2005, v Chiefs
150	Matt Todd	11 June 2011, v Blues
200	Whetu Douglas	25 February 2017, v Brumbies

External links

• Past players no longer playing for the Crusaders: "THE CRUSADERS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE: 1996-2017". Crusaders. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
• 2018 Current Crusaders: "THE TEAM". Crusaders. Retrieved 25 June 2018.