rugby league - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

rīki

1. (loan) (noun) rugby league.

Nō tana hokinga mai ki Aotearoa i te tau 1937, ka whakauru ia ki te tīma o Manukau tākaro rīki ai (TTR 1998:121). / When he returned to New Zealand in 1937 he joined the Manukau team to play rugby league.

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2. (loan) (noun) league.

I a Rātana e noho ana i Pārihi, haere kē ana a Moko ki te ārahi i tētehi rōpū ki Hinīwa i runga i te tūmanako ka āhei rātau ki te whakatakoto i te petihana nei ki te aroaro o te Rīki o ngā Iwi o te Ao (TTR 1998:113). / While Rātana stayed in Paris, Moko went instead to lead a deputation to Geneva with the intention of presenting a petition to the League of Nations.

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kaitīkape

1. (noun) hooker (rugby and rugby league).

Ko Isaac Luke nō Ngāti Ruahine me Te Ātiawa, he kaitīkape mō te kapa Ngā Tama Toa. / IsaacLuke from Ngāti Ruahine and Te Ātiawa is a hooker for the Warriors team.

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tarai

1. (loan) (verb) to score a try (rugby and rugby league).

Ka tae ki raro iho o te kōuru pou ka whakatakototia te pōro, ka whitaratia anō kua tarai (TJ 23/5/1899:14). / He arrived under the goal-post and placed the ball, and the whistle was blown again to indicate a try had been scored.

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2. (loan) (noun) try (rugby and rugby league), score.

Ka purei anō he kaha tō tētahi, ā riro ana i a Levin, tīmi Pākehā te wini o tā rāua pakanga ko te Māori ko te wini tēnei e rua tarai kotahi kōura ki te tarai o Horowhenua (TJ 11/5/1899:12). / When they played again one was stronger and Levin, the Pākehā team, won their battle with the Māori team, the win being two tries and a goal to Horowhenua’s try.

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Synonyms: tatau, piro

kaikape

1. (noun) hooker (rugby and rugby league).

Kua hoki mai a Dane Coles hei kaikape o te kapa Ōpango. / Dane Coles has returned as hooker for the All Blacks.

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topa tahi

1. (noun) first five-eighth, fly-half, stand-off half (rugby and rugby league).

paihere

1. (rugby league) set of six.

pae whiu

1. (noun) (rugby league) sin-bin.

pae hūtoto

1. (noun) (sport) blood in.

2. (noun) (rugby league) headbin.

tuki

1. (noun) hit.

2. (transitive verb) (softball) bunt.

Nēpia, Hōri

1. (personal name) George Nēpia (1905/8?-1986) Ngāti Rākaipāka; famous rugby player representing Aotearoa/New Zealand in both rugby and rugby league. He was a star for the celebrated Hawke's Bay team and then the 1924-25 All Black team known as The Invincibles.

Nō te 27 o Ākuhata 1986 i mate ai a Hōri Nēpia ki Ruatōria (TTR 1998:121). / George Nepia died at Ruatoria on 27 August 1986.

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