Can you name any cousins who have played against each other in finals rugby

This weekend Quade Cooper plays against his cousin Sean Maitand. Both players grew up in Tokoroa in the Waikato. Aparently Mr Maitland Snr being their rugby coach. I'm interested if anyone knows of any other cousins, or brothers, that have opposed each other in a major rugby final?

Didn't the Boobyer brothers face each other in a Swalec Cup final?

Good grief...that's a pub quiz question and a half for the rugby nerds

I could name some brothers, but I haven't a clue if they've opposed each other in a final.

Hmmm, possibly the Bachop brothers played against each other in an NPC semi-final (Auckland was still dominant at the time so I doubt there was a Canterbury v Otago final)

Boob....

Stephen Bachop (New Zealand) played against his brother Graeme Bachop (Japan) int he '91 world cup!

Didn't they also play against each other in 99 (samoa v japan)

Sorry I got it wrong, they played against each other in '91 in the Samoa v Japan match. Oops!

Nope, it was 99. Graeme played for the All Blacks in the '91 and '95 RWC and Japan in '99. Stephen played for Samoa in '91, NZ '93-'95 (he missed out to Merhtens and Culhaine for the RWC squad) and Samoa '98-'99

Kiwi, just going on wikipedia (not the best source I know)!

"New Zealander Stephen Bachop, for example, played for Samoa in the 1991 Rugby World Cup before becoming an All Black, but later switched back to Samoa. Similarly his brother Graeme Bachop represented New Zealand and later Japan. The brothers played against each other in the 1991 Rugby World Cup"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grannygate

Griff - I remember them doing it in 99, as I am too young to remember all the way back to 99, but its possible they did it twice.

Griff wrote:Kiwi, just going on wikipedia (not the best source I know)!

"New Zealander Stephen Bachop, for example, played for Samoa in the 1991 Rugby World Cup before becoming an All Black, but later switched back to Samoa. Similarly his brother Graeme Bachop represented New Zealand and later Japan. The brothers played against each other in the 1991 Rugby World Cup"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grannygate

Yep, that one's wrong on Wiki. NZ, Japan and Samoa were all in different pools in RWC 91, and Samoa went out to Scotland in the quarter finals. So it was impossible for the Bachops to play each other regardless of who for. Samoa and Japan were both in Pool 4 in 1999.

If Gloucester ever met Edinburgh is a final (HC or Amlin being the only two options, I guess), then cousin Rory Lawson would play cousin Jim Thompson

Glas a du wrote:Didn't the Boobyer brothers face each other in a Swalec Cup final?

Wouldnt of been suprised.
Ian (Flanker) and Neil (Centre), played for Llanelli, while Neil's twin brother Roddy played centre or Full Back for Caerphilly. So they probably came up against each other a few times!
I think Ian and Roddy still play for Bridgend Athletic.

The joys of Twitter - finding out that Quade Cooper had Sean Maitland over for dinner tonight (Aussie time), and Quade's dog spent the whole time barking at Maitland, obviously spotting the interloper ...

blackcanelion wrote:This weekend Quade Cooper plays against his cousin Sean Maitand. Both players grew up in Tokoroa in the Waikato. Aparently Mr Maitland Snr being their rugby coach. I'm interested if anyone knows of any other cousins, or brothers, that have opposed each other in a major rugby final?

Related through their Maori or European ancestory?