Background
Milner-Skudder was born 15 December 1990 in Taihape, New Zealand.
rugby league player rugby union player
Milner-Skudder was born 15 December 1990 in Taihape, New Zealand.
He is also currently the most recent All Black to make his debut and scored New Zealand"s first try in the 2015 RWC final going over in the far right corner just before half time. On the Maori side he is of the Ngati Porou and Tapuika tribes but also is of Tongan descent. Milner-Skudder"s parents are Heneriata Milner from Ruatoria and Skudder from Te Puke.
Skudder and Milner never played in the same All Black team-Skudder"s father Richard is a younger brother of George Skudder (George represented the All Blacks also as a winger in 1969 and 1972).
Another All Black Tanerau Latimer (five tests. Six games 2009) is Nehe"s first cousin.
Ben Atiga was another All Black (1 test 2003) from the same wider family. Their forefathers were born and raised in Lapaha, Tongatapu in Tonga, before they left to New Zealand.
He moved back to New Zealand for 2011 and linked up with the Massey University rugby union team, before being selected by his local Information Technology Management Cup side, Manawatu, debuting during the 2011 season.
A very impressive Information Technology Management Cup campaign in 2014 in which Manawatu topped the Championship division saw him upgraded to the Hurricanes official squad for 2015. Of Ngāti Porou and Tapuika descent, Milner-Skudder was called up to the Māori All Blacks squad for their 2014 end-of-year tour of Japan. He was selected for the All Blacks in 2015.
He scored two tries for the All Blacks in his first Test against Australia in Sydney on 8 August 2015.
Milner-Skudder was, along with Sonny Bill Williams, one of two former Bulldogs in the All Blacks team He later roomed with Williams in Britain after being selected to play at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
He was selected for the All Blacks in 2015, and was a key member of 2015 Rugby World Cup winning team Two members of the earlier generations of the Skudder family were part of 94 a group of Tongans who volunteered to join the Pioneer Maori Battalion and Niue Battalion during World War I. Milner-Skudder began his professional career by switching to rugby league and was a member of the Sydney-based, Canterbury Bulldogs under-20 Holden Cup side in 2009 and 2010. He quickly established himself as a regular in the Manawatu starting line-ups and although injury limited him to just five appearances in 2013 he was named as a member of the Hurricanes wider training group for the 2014 Super Rugby season.