Player

Hemi Taylor - Back row

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Hemi Taylor
Height188
Weight92
Date Of Birth17/12/1964
Place Of BirthMorrinsville
ClubsCardiff, Newbridge
RegionsWaikato, Wairarapa / Bush
HonoursWales, Wales A
InvitationalCrawshays, Barbarians
New Zealander Hemi Taylor was born in Morrinsville, Waikato in 1964. After spending time with Newbridge he joined Cardiff in 1992 and became a firm favourite at the Arms Park. In six seasons he played 123 games and was club captain leading the side in a successful period in the 1990s. Although born in New Zealand he made Wales his home and qualified for the national team on residency. After representing Wales ‘A’ he made his full debut against Portugal, in a game that Wales needed to win to qualify for the 1995 World Cup in South Africa. Hemi Taylor went on to make 41 appearances for his adopted country scoring 5 tries, he also played for the Barbarians. When he left Cardiff in 1998 he joined Penarth.
COMPETITION PLAYED T C P DG PTS YC RC
1997-1998 WRU National League 0 + 3 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
1996-1997 Anglo-Welsh Cup 0 + 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996-1997 Heineken Cup 6 + 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
1996-1997 SWALEC Cup 3 + 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996-1997 WRU National League 10 + 1 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
1995-1996 Heineken Cup 4 + 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
1995-1996 Heineken League 17 + 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
1995-1996 SWALEC Cup 4 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994-1995 Heineken League 15 + 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
1994-1995 SWALEC Cup 4 + 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
1993-1994 Heineken League 14 + 0 3 0 0 0 15 0 0
1993-1994 SWALEC Cup 4 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 South Africa Tour of UK 1 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992-1993 Heineken League 20 + 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
1992-1993 Schweppes Cup 1 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Newport 22 19 0 3 725 396 94
Llandovery 21 19 0 2 690 331 90
Ebbw Vale 20 14 0 6 615 384 71
Cardiff 21 12 1 8 579 492 63
Pontypridd 21 10 1 10 470 501 53
Pontypool 19 11 0 8 480 455 51
Merthyr 18 10 0 8 458 470 49
Aberavon 20 8 0 12 462 556 46
Bridgend Ravens 20 8 0 12 423 539 41
Swansea 19 5 0 14 377 540 30
RGC 1404 18 5 0 13 354 489 28
Carmarthen Quins 19 4 0 15 416 541 28
Neath 20 3 0 17 330 685 19