Reggie Goodes

Norman Reginald Goodes (born 4 April 1991) is a former South African-born rugby union player who played as a prop for in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup from 2010 to 2016 and for the in the international Super Rugby competition from 2012 to 2016.

He announced his retirement in early 2018 on medical advice after suffering a number of concussions.

Early career

Born in Witbank, South Africa, Goodes emigrated to New Zealand with his family in 2006. Having attended Afrikaans Hoër Seunskool in Pretoria, he completed his schooling at Wellington College where he played first XV rugby for 3 years. After graduating high school, he started playing for Poneke in Wellington's local club rugby competition.

Super Rugby

At the age of 21 and with barely a season and a half of provincial experience under his belt, Goodes was named in the squad for the 2012 Super Rugby season. Despite being hindered by a shoulder injury sustained in a pre-season hit out against the , he acquitted himself well during his debut season of Super Rugby, starting 4 times and playing 8 games in total. 12 more appearances, with all but one coming from the replacements bench, and a debut Super Rugby try followed in 2013 before he also spent large parts of the 2014 season as a bit part player.

He really started to establish himself as a regular for the 'Canes in 2015, starting 16 games and scoring 3 tries to help his franchise reach the Super Rugby final where they lost 21-14 at home to the . The following year they were able to go one step further and lifted the Super Rugby title following a 20-3 victory over South African side, the . He played 13 times and helped himself to another 3 tries, however he was forced to sit out the final stages of the season following a head injury received in a match against the .

On 5 November 2016, he featured for the Barbarians in their 31-31 draw against the land of his birth, at Wembley Stadium. He started the match wearing the number 1 jersey in a side containing his Hurricanes team-mates, Michael Fatialofa and Brad Shields before being substituted in the 51st minute by and loosehead Toby Smith.

Career Honours

Hurricanes

Super Rugby - 2016

Super Rugby Statistics

Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red 2012 8 4 4 387 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2013 12 1 11 250 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 2014 10 3 7 371 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2015 17 16 1 997 3 0 0 0 15 0 0 2016 13 13 0 764 3 0 0 0 15 0 0Total 60 37 23 2769 7 0 0 0 35 0 0