ALL BLACK - Terry Mitchell played for Takaka, Nelson Bays & Canterbury before being selected for the Junior All Blacks in 1973, he then went onto tour with the All Blacks in 1974 to Ireland and 1976 to South Africa and was emergency against Scotland in 1975. He was also a member of the NZ Maori team.
ALL BLACK - Wyatt Crockett played JAB rugby in Takaka in his early days before becoming a Crusader and All Black.
ALL BLACK - Quinn Strange played JAB rugby in Takaka in her early days before becoming a Tasman Mako, Crusader and being selected for the All Black squad in 2020.
TRIAL FOR JUNIOR ALL BLACKS - Garth Prince played for Takaka and Nelson Bays before being selected for the Junior All Blacks in 1972.
Reuben Northover was in the winning squad for 2012 U20s Junior World Cup played in South Africa. Then went on to play for the Tasman Makos and then the Southland Stags.
Courtney Clark was named in the first Tasman Women squad in 2017 to play in the Farah Palmer Cup, although she moved to Wellington for a season, she returned in 2019 to once again play for Tasman.
Other clubs members to Represent Takaka in the Golden Bay Motueka team to 1969 and after in the Nelson Bays Team are as follows:
W Gilbert, S Glasson, B Jones & B Win - 1964.
M Little - 1964,65,66,68,70 & 71
R Morrison - 1965 & 66
P Hambrook - 1966
K Templeman - 1967,70 & 71.
M Baird & A Brunning - 1968
T Mitchell - 1968,69 & 70
G Prince - 1968, 69 & 70
G LIttle - 1969 & 70
J Allan - 1969, 70, 71 & 73
J Low - 1970 & 71
J Scott - 1970 & 71
B Richmond - 1971
T Nalder - 1972 & 73
A Bolton & B Campbell - 1973
J Baigent - 1975
B Carter - 1976
J Taylor - 1985, 86,87,88,89 & 90
S Lea & T Siale - 1994
C Benge, A Griffith, P Hodgkinson & B Robinson - 1997