

Away from rugby Retallick is a fan of classic cars, he bought a 1966 Nissan Bluebird when he was 16 and has owned classic including a restored 1964 Chevrolet Impala. The other nominations for the award were Johnny Sexton, Julian Savea, Willie le Roux and Duane Vermeulen.ħ. Retallick was named World Rugby Men’s Player of the Year in 2014, a year when he played 12 Tests for the All Blacks. Retallick captained the All Blacks for the first time against Argentina in September 2021.Ħ. Aaron Smith and Julian Savea also made their international debuts that night. His New Zealand Test debut came against Ireland on 9 June 2012 in Auckland, with the All Blacks winning 42-10. The lock played for Hawke’s Bay in the ITM Cup before making his Super Rugby debut for the Chiefs in 2012, starting in the final in which the Chiefs beat the Sharks 37-6 in Hamilton. It was New Zealand’s 20th successive match win at that level.ĥ.

Retallick played for New Zealand U20 in their winning campaign in the 2011 Junior World Cup where they beat England 33-22 in the final in Padua. Ashworth played 52 times for New Zealand in all but was implicated in the incident on the 1978 tour when JPR Williams was stamped, playing for Bridgend against the All Blacks, and had 30 stitches in his face.Ĥ. Retallick’s uncle is John Ashworth, a prop, who played 24 Tests for the All Blacks from 1978 to 1985. According to All Blacks’ statistics, second-row Retallick is 2.04m tall (6ft 8in) and weighs 123kg (19st 5lb).ģ. Born in Rangiora, about 30km from Christchurch, New Zealand, on, Brodie Retallick attended the famous Christchurch Boys’ High School, which has produced many All Blacks such as Dan Carter, Richard Loe and Aaron Mauger.Ģ. Ten things you should know about Brodie Retallickġ. The four former assemblymen who triggered the state election are Datuk Seri Idris Haron (BN-Sungai Udang), Datuk Nor Azman Hassan (BN-Pantai Kundor), Datuk Norhizam Hassan Baktee (Independent-Pengkalan Batu) and Datuk Noor Effandi Ahmad (Bersatu-Telok Mas).Who is Brodie Retallick: Ten things you should know about the New Zealand lockĪ powerful second-row, Brodie Retallick is also famed for his softer skills in the loose with deft offloads and a decent turn of pace on the break. The Melaka State Legislative Assembly was dissolved on October 4 after four representatives withdrew their support for Chief Minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali. The Election Commission has set November 8 for nominations, November 20 for polling and November 16 for early voting. He said the special SOP discussion, which has been going on since last week, involved various parties, including the Melaka State Health Department, National Security Council (MKN) of Melaka, professionals as well as technical experts. In preparing the SOP, we need to find a balance,” he said after launching the Melaka Cruise Pit Stop Tourism Package at Taman Rempah here today. “This is important because the educational sector has been reopened and the SOP compliance by tourists as well as hotels also need to be reviewed. “Early next week probably (the SOP) will be announced because we want to take into account the various views and inputs, including on the weather as well as the educational and tourism sectors. He said discussions regarding the SOP had reached the final stages, with guidelines to finetune the matter already at the 75 to 80 per cent level. MELAKA, Oct 23 - The standard operating procedure (SOP) for the Melaka state election is expected to be finalised next week, said State Secretary Datuk Kamel Mohamad. A Pengkalan Kubor constituent gets her finger inked before casting her ballot at a polling station, September 25, 2014.
