[Hair Trends] Best team hair in New Zealand 2009 – Manawatu

September 30, 2009 3 Comments

The Manawatu Turbos have the most stylish hair in New Zealand’s NPC rugby competition.

Even before the Beards for Blood charity, beards were rampant among Manawatu players.

Manawatu Prop, Grant Polson

Manawatu Prop, Grant Polson

New Zealand Sevens veteran, Lote Raikabula

New Zealand Sevens veteran, Lote Raikabula

NZ Sevens playmaker, Tomasi Cama

New Zealand Sevens playmaker, Tomasi Cama

Even injured players Nick Croswell and Rhys Robinson maintain their hairstyles

Even injured players maintain their hairstyles

Manawatu boast the longest-haired front rower in Sean O’Connor, interviewed here after the narrow defeat to Northland.

Then there is colour

Young Manawatu wing, Tevita Taufui

Young Manawatu wing, Tevita Taufui

Tevita Taufui from the back

Tevita Taufui from the back

Up and coming sevens star, Kurt Baker

Up and coming sevens star, Kurt Baker

Kurt Baker's trademark white tuft, initially styled by his hair-dresser sister

Kurt Baker's trademark white tuft, initially styled by his hair-dresser sister

Manawatu also have a high degree of general styling.

 

Styled cutting

 hair

The main reason for their success was revealed to RugbyHair by flanker Nick Croswell in an interview.

Even their fans have great hair.

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Tui girl

Tui girl

 

Tui girl

Another Tui girl

More of those gorgeous Tui girls

Even more of those gorgeous Tui girls

A touch of the macabre

A touch of the macabre

Colour and tattoos

Colour and tattoos

These two may have been Northland fans

Scarves and pretty hairties

The barmaids also get into the mood

The barmaids also get into the mood

 

Sawn French look-a-like?

Dawn French look-a-like?

 

It doesn’t end there, Manawatu have the best looking playing uniform as well, more about that coming up in the RugbyHair review of playing uniforms.

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