Joe Royal rugby player
Joe Royal rugby player

Joe Royal

31st May 1985 1.81m/116kg Hooker

A provincial legend, Joe Royal has been play Provincial rugby in New Zealand since 2009.

A solid hooker, Royal has occasionally shifted around the front. Having played for North Harbour in 2009, Royal joined the Bay of Plenty Rugby in 2013 and spending 4 seasons with the Steamers.

After moving back home to Auckland in 2017 as an injury replacement for the Blues and is now in his third season with the Counties Manukau Steelers in the Mitre 10 Cup.

He stayed with Bay of Plenty until the end of the 2016 Mitre 10 Cup season before signing for Counties Manukau.

Royal has represented the Maori All Blacks over the years and made yet another move in 2020 signing for Auckland.

Career

Patumahoe RFC logo Patumahoe RFC
Hooker
ARU-Crest Auckland
Hooker
2020 - present
Ponsonby Rugby Club logo Ponsonby Rugby Club
Hooker
maoriAllBlacks Maori All Blacks
Hooker
2014 - 2017
Untitled (3) Bay of Plenty
Hooker
2013 - 2017
counties Counties Manukau
Hooker
2017 - 2022
Moana Pasifika Rugby Logo Moana Pasifika Rugby
Hooker
2023 - 2023