Liam Messam
Liam Messam
 |
| Full name |
Liam Justin Messam |
| Nickname |
Hunga |
| Date of birth |
(1984-03-25) 25 March 1984 (age 33)
|
| Place of birth |
Blenheim, New Zealand |
| Height |
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight |
108 kg (238 lb) |
| School |
Rotorua Boys' High School |
| Rugby union career |
|
| Playing career |
| Position |
Flanker |
| New Zealand No. |
1082 |
| Amateur clubs |
| Years |
Club / team |
|
|
| |
Hautapu |
|
|
|
| Professional / senior clubs |
| Years |
Club / team |
Apps |
(points) |
| 2015–2016 |
Toshiba Brave Lupus |
16 |
(15) |
|
Correct as of 15 January 2017
|
|
| Provincial/State sides |
| Years |
Club / team |
Apps |
(points) |
| 2003–15 |
Waikato |
85 |
(148) |
|
Correct as of 9 October 2015
|
|
| Super Rugby |
| Years |
Club / team |
Apps |
(points) |
| 2006–2015, 2017- |
Chiefs |
149 |
(155) |
|
Correct as of 18 March 2017
|
|
| National team(s) |
| Years |
Club / team |
Apps |
(points) |
| 2008–2015 |
New Zealand |
43 |
(30) |
|
Correct as of 9 October 2015
|
|
| Sevens national teams |
| Years |
Club / team |
|
Comps |
| |
New Zealand |
|
21 |
|
Correct as of 14 March 2016
|
|
| Amateur clubs |
| Years |
Club / team |
|
|
| |
Hautapu |
|
|
| Professional / senior clubs |
| Years |
Club / team |
Apps |
(points) |
| 2015–2016 |
Toshiba Brave Lupus |
16 |
(15) |
|
Correct as of 15 January 2017
|
| Provincial/State sides |
| Years |
Club / team |
Apps |
(points) |
| 2003–15 |
Waikato |
85 |
(148) |
|
Correct as of 9 October 2015
|
| Super Rugby |
| Years |
Club / team |
Apps |
(points) |
| 2006–2015, 2017- |
Chiefs |
149 |
(155) |
|
Correct as of 18 March 2017
|
| National team(s) |
| Years |
Club / team |
Apps |
(points) |
| 2008–2015 |
New Zealand |
43 |
(30) |
|
Correct as of 9 October 2015
|
| Sevens national teams |
| Years |
Club / team |
|
Comps |
| |
New Zealand |
|
21 |
|
Correct as of 14 March 2016
|
Liam Justin Messam (born 25 March 1984) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays in Super Rugby for the Chiefs, for whom he is the most-capped player in history, and for Waikato in the ITM Cup. Messam predominantly plays as a blindside flanker. After the retirement of then Chiefs captain Mils Muliaina, Messam was named the team's new co-captain from 2012 onwards, alongside Aaron Cruden.
In October 2008, Messam was selected in the All Blacks end of year tour squad to tour Hong Kong and Europe. He played one test against Scotland and one match against Munster. He subsequently appeared several more times for New Zealand but was dropped a month out of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in favour of Victor Vito. Since debuting in 2008 he has won 40 test caps.
In 2004, at the age of just 20, he captained the New Zealand sevens teams to its fifth IRB Sevens World Series title and in 2005 led the team to the final. Messam also played in the New Zealand sevens teams that won gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and 2010 Commonwealth Games. In 2004 he was also named New Zealand Sevens Player of the Year.
Of Māori descent, Messam affiliates to the Ngāi Tūhoe iwi. He has played for the New Zealand Maori, including during the 2006 Churchill Cup and the 2010 centenary series, where he captained the side. In 2012 and 2013 Messam was awarded the Tom French Cup as Māori Player of the Year.
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