Liam Messam made his New Zealand Maori debut at the 2006 Churchill Cup tournament, and was also named Player of the tournament.

He is one of the game’s most versatile players and promising loose forwards.

In 2004, at the age of just 20, he captained the New Zealand Sevens team to its fifth IRB Sevens title and in 2005 led the team to the final of the IRB Sevens World Cup tournament.

In 2006 he was part of the gold medal winning Sevens team at the Melbourne Commonwealth games.

He made his Rebel Sport Super 14 debut for the Chiefs in 2006 and has since played 34 games for the franchise.

Career Notes
• Won a Commonwealth Games gold medal for Sevens.
• Played in every game for the Chiefs and Waikato in 2007 and 2008.
• Has represented New Zealand at 21 Sevens Tournaments, and captained the Champion sides in 2004 and 2005.
• Was the leading forward try scorer in New Zealand first class rugby in 2006, with 15 tries.

New Zealand Representative Teams
New Zealand Under 16 in 2000
New Zealand Secondary Schools in 2001, 2002
New Zealand Sevens in 2002-2006
New Zealand Under 19 in 2003
New Zealand Under 21 in 2005
New Zealand Maori in 2006-2008

FULL NAME

Liam  Messam

BORN

Sunday, 25 March 1984 in Blenheim

AGE

26

PHYSICAL

1.88m, 109kg

POSITION

Loose Forward

LAST SCHOOL

Rotorua Boys' High

RUGBY CLUB
(First made All Blacks from)

Hautapu

PROVINCE

Waikato

SUPER 14 TEAM

Chiefs

RUGBY NICKNAME

Hunga

ALL BLACK DEBUT

Saturday, 8 November 2008
v Scotland at Edinburgh
aged 24 years, 228 days

INTERNATIONAL DEBUT

Saturday, 8 November 2008
v Scotland at Edinburgh
aged 24 years, 228 days

LAST TEST

Saturday, 17 July 2010
v South Africa at Wellington
aged 26 years, 114 days

ALL BLACK TESTS

5 (0 as Captain)

ALL BLACK GAMES

2 (0 as Captain)

TOTAL ALL BLACK MATCHES

7 (0 as Captain)

ALL BLACK TEST POINTS

5pts (1t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)

ALL BLACK GAME POINTS

0pts

TOTAL ALL BLACK POINTS

5pts (1t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)

ALL BLACK NUMBER

1082

The All Black Games that Messam has played.
(+) = substitute; (-) = replaced

Click on the date to be taken to the Match Card

2008

 8 Nov vs Scotland at Edinburgh 32-6  

 18 Nov vs Munster at Limerick 18-16  

2009

 13 Jun vs France at Dunedin 22-27  

 14 Nov vs Italy at Milan 20-6  

 5 Dec vs Barbarians Club at London 18-25 (-) 

2010

 10 Jul vs South Africa at Auckland 32-12 (+) 

 17 Jul vs South Africa at Wellington 31-17 (+) 

Points scored for the All Blacks

t

c

p

dg

pts

vs France, 13 Jun 2009

1

-

-

-

5

Totals

1

0

0

0

5

Test Record by Nation

P

W

D

L

t

c

p

dg

pts

France

1

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

5

Italy

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Scotland

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

South Africa

2

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Totals

5

4

0

1

1

0

0

0

5