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| ru_provincecaps = 7 | ru_provincepoints = | ru_provinceupdate = | other = yes | occupation = | family = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | school =St Stephen's College | university = }} Joseph Astbury "Joe" Warbrick (1 January 1862 – 30 August 1903) was a Māori rugby union player who represented New Zealand on their 1884 tour to Australia, and later captained and selected the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team that embarked on a 107-match tour of New Zealand, Australia and the British Isles. He was born in Rotorua, and played club rugby for Ponsonby while boarding at St Stephen's Native School. In 1877 he was selected to play fullback for Auckland as a 15-year-old, making him the youngest person to play first-class rugby in New Zealand. He played for Auckland against the first ever overseas team to tour the countryNew South Wales in 1882. In 1884 he was picked for the first ever New Zealand representative team, and appeared in seven of the side's eight matches on their tour of New South Wales. In 1888 Warbrick conceived of, selected, and captained the privately funded New Zealand Native team. The squad, which included four of Warbrick's brothers, was originally envisaged to contain only Māori players, but eventually included several New Zealand-born, and foreign-born, Europeans. Although the team played 107 matches, including 74 in the British Isles, due to injury Warbrick played only 21 matches. The tour was the first from the Southern Hemisphere to visit Britain, and remains the longest in rugby's history. In 2008 Warbrick and the Natives were inducted into the International Rugby Board Hall of Fame. Warbrick virtually retired from rugby after returning from the tour, and went on to work as a farmer and tourist guide in the Bay of Plenty. He was killed by an eruption of the Waimangu Geyser in 1903. == Background and early career == Joseph Warbrick was born in Rotorua, New Zealand on 1 January 1862. His father, Abraham Warbrick, was originally from England, while his mother, Nga Karauna Paerau, was Māori and the daughter of a Ngāti Rangitihi chief. Joe Warbrick was their third child, and was one of at least five brothersthe others were Alfred, Arthur, Fredrick, and William. All five of the brothers went on to tour together as part of the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team. With his family still based in the Bay of Plenty, Joe Warbrick was sent to board at St Stephen's Native School in Bombay, and it was there that he started playing rugby union. In 1877, and even though it was well north of Bombay, he started playing club rugby with Ponsonby in Auckland. Warbrick played well enough for Ponsonby to earn selection for Auckland Provincial Clubs (now Auckland) that year despite the fact he was only 15 years old. He played at fullback for them against Otago, and in doing so became the youngest person to play first-class rugby in New Zealanda record he still holds. By 1878 Warbrick had left both St Stephen's and Ponsonby and was employed as a public servant. The work required him to relocate regularly, and he moved throughout throughout the North Island for the remainder of his rugby career. By 1879 he was living in Wellington, and represented the province three times that season. He again played three matches for Wellington in 1880, including one against his old province of Auckland. The 1880 match was the first ever visit by Wellington to Auckland, and was won by the visitors 4–0. Warbrick was renowned for his drop-kicking, and his goal in the match was the only score; it was claimed by many Aucklanders that his performance was the difference between the two sides. The first overseas team to tour New Zealand arrived in 1882. New South Wales (NSW) played seven matches throughout New Zealand, including two against Auckland. By this time Warbrick was back in Auckland, but this time playing for the North Shore club, again won selection to the provincial side. He appeared in both matches against the touring NSW team. Auckland won both, the first 7–0, and the second 18–4. Warwick remained in Auckland the following year, and toured with province again, playing away matches against Wellington, Canterbury and Otago. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Warbrick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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