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1909 New Zealand Rugby League Season
The 1909 New Zealand rugby league season was the second season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. International competitions New Zealand toured Australia, losing the series 1-2. The team was managed by Daniel Fraser while James Barber captained the side. The squad included William Trevarthen, Adam Lile, Conrad Byrne, Harold Rowe, George and John Spencer, Con Sullivan and Charlie Pearce, Ernie Buckland, Arthur Carlaw, Paddy George, Gordon Hooker, Thomas Houghton, Albert House, Bert King, Henry Knight and Ronald MacDonald. Albert Asher was invited to tour with the side but declined, opting to remain in Auckland and organise the upcoming Māori tour of Australia. These were the last tests between New Zealand and Australia on Australian soil until 1948.John Coffey and Bernie Wood, ''The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League'', Hodder Moa, Auckland, 2007, p. 38. A New Zealand Māori side also toured Australia, the second Māori team to do so. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 New Zealand Rugby League Season
The 1908 New Zealand rugby league season was the first season that rugby league had been played in New Zealand. Auckland played Wellington in a two match series that was won by Auckland 1-0. Otago and Southland also participated in a two match series which was drawn 1-all. Auckland and Taranaki then drew a two match series. The impetuous for the season was the return of the 1907-1908 New Zealand professional rugby team that had toured Australia and Great Britain. On their return many players wanted to start the game in New Zealand and helped found clubs. During 1908 a New Zealand Māori rugby league team was also touring Australia. The Māori tour included Alex Stanaway, Peter Moko, Glen Pakere, Albert and Ernie Asher, Riki Papakura and Frank Barclay. First game The first game of rugby league ever played in New Zealand occurred on 13 June 1908 and was played between members of the 1907-1908 touring party. The game was a memorial game for the deceased Albert Baskerville and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy George
Kenneth Brooking "Paddy" George (28 May 1883 – 10 August 1950) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for City, and representative rugby league (RL) for New Zealand (non-Test matches) ( Heritage № 32), and Wellington, and at club level for Newtown, as a . Playing career George played rugby in the Taranaki area for the Star club. Despite being in his debut season at the senior level he was selected for 2 trial matches (North team, and Probables team) before being chosen for the Taranaki side. He played 3 matches for them against Canterbury, Wellington, and Auckland before moving to Auckland to start the 1903 season. He played rugby union in the Auckland Rugby Union competition for the City club. City won the competition. In 1904, along with Andrew J. "Paddy" Long, he was found guilty of match-fixing and suspended for 10 years. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland Rugby League Team
The Auckland rugby league team is the team which traditionally represents all of the clubs which play in the Auckland Rugby League competition. As well as a senior men's team there are also Auckland representative teams throughout the various age groups such as under 15s, under 17s, under 19s and under 21s. Under the new zone scheme introduced in 2010 the Auckland team represents the North Shore, East Auckland and West Auckland, while South Auckland is represented by the Counties Manukau rugby league team. The zone team is named the Akarana Falcons. History Auckland played its first game on 24 August 1908 when they took on Wellington at Victoria Park, Auckland in the first provincial game of rugby league in New Zealand. The Auckland Rugby League had not yet been formed so the side was not an official one as such.John Haynes ''From All Blacks to All Golds: Rugby League's Pioneers'', Christchurch, Ryan and Haynes, 1996. Auckland had played against several touring teams over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Barclay (rugby League)
Francis Hauāuru Barclay DCM (surname Pakere in Māori; 5 June 1887 – 20 November 1959) was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played at representative level for New Zealand ( Heritage No. 104), New Zealand Māori, Auckland and Hawke's Bay, as a , i.e. number 6. Personal life Barclay was born in Tauranga in 1887 and was the son of David Barclay, the Te Reo Māori interpreter for the 15th New Zealand Parliament. Barclay affiliated with the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi. His brother, Walter Barclay, was a New Zealand professional rugby union footballer, sports administrator and military officer. He captained the New Zealand Māori Rugby Team and holds the record for the highest number of tries scored for the team with 40 career tries. His other brother, Glen Barclay, was also a professional rugby league footballer who represented the New Zealand Māori team and was a member of the groundbreaking 1908 New Zealand Māori rugby l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Rukutai
Puhipi James Rukutai (1877 – 11 January 1940) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played representative rugby league (RL) and coached New Zealand. The Auckland Rugby League's minor premiership, the Rukutai Shield, is named after him. Early years Rukutai was born at Kāwhia and affiliated to Ngāti Hikairo. He was educated at St Stephen's School. He started his career playing rugby union and was part of George A. Gillett's Goldfields team that defeated Auckland in 1906. Rukutai was working as a miner at the time. Playing career Rukutai played for the City Rovers in the 1910 and 1911 Auckland Rugby League competition and also toured Australia with the New Zealand Māori team.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909–2009'', 2009. . He first made the New Zealand side in 1911, alongside former Union teammate George Gillett. He only played a handful of matches in his first two season with City Rovers bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Asher
Ernest "Ernie" Asher (21 April 1886 – 10 April 1973), also known as Te Keepa Pouwhiuwhiu, was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played representative rugby league (RL) for New Zealand Māori and New Zealand. His brothers included John Atirau Asher and fellow international Albert Asher. Early life Asher was born in Tauranga in 1886, the seventh of eleven children. His mother was Katerina Te Atirau, a woman from the Te Arawa iwi, descended from Ngāti Pikiao and Ngāti Pūkenga iwi. His maternal grandmother was Rahera Te Kahuhiapo. His father was David Asher, a hotel keeper. His paternal grandfather was Asher Asher, who was a prominent Jewish trader during Auckland's early days. His great grandfather, through his grandmother Hannah Keesing Asher, was Henry (Hartog) Keesing, a prominent Auckland merchant and one of the earliest Jewish settlers in Auckland. His brothers were Albert Asher and John Atirau Asher. Playing career Asher had or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riki Papakura
Riki "Dick" Papakura was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented the New Zealand Māori side and Australasia and played professionally for Warrington. His position of preference was at fullback or in the centres. Playing career From Rotorua, Papakura toured Australia twice with the New Zealand Māori side; in 1908 with the original touring party and again as captain of the 1909 New Zealand Māori side, he also represented Australasia. In 1909 Papakura played for Rotorua against an Auckland XIII before playing for Auckland against Wellington.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. , p.p.26-29. In 1910 Papakura was one of three New Zealanders invited to Sydney to represent Australasia against the touring Great Britain Lions, alongside Albert Asher and Con Sullivan. Papakura played in both "Test" matches at fullback. In 1911 Papakura travelled to England to attend the Festival of Empire. He was recommended to Warringto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Māori Rugby League Team
New Zealand Māori rugby league team is a rugby league representative side made up of New Zealand Māori players. The side represents the New Zealand Māori Rugby league. Like its union counterpart, the rugby league team previously competed in international competitions. With some controversy, the team participated in the 2000 World Cup as Aotearoa Māori. The Super League International Board had agreed to give a place in their World Cup to the New Zealand Māori team as they attempted to gain allies during the Super League war. Despite that World Cup not taking place, the Rugby League International Federation repeated the offer for the 2000 World Cup when it replaced the Super League International Board following the end of the dispute. History A New Zealand Māori team first toured overseas in 1908 when they visited Australia. This tour was a success, and was followed by another tour to Australia in 1909 and to Great Britain in 1910. The first game of international rugb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Asher
Arapeta Paurini Wharepapa (3 December 1879 – 8 January 1965), or Albert Asher as he was more commonly known, was a New Zealand List of dual-code rugby internationals, dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s, 1900s, 1910s and 1920s. At representative level Asher played rugby union for New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand, North Island rugby union team, North Island and Auckland Rugby Football Union, Auckland playing on the Rugby union positions#14. .26 11. Wing, Wing and played rugby league at representative level for Australasia, New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand, Auckland rugby league team, Auckland and the New Zealand Māori rugby league team. One of his brothers, Ernie Asher, Ernie, was also a rugby league international while another, John Atirau Asher, John, became a Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngati Pukenga and Ngāti Pikiao, Ngati Pikiao leader, and another brother, Thomas also played repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald MacDonald (rugby League)
Ronald MacDonald was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand between 1909 and 1911. Rugby union career MacDonald originally played rugby union and represented Auckland as a wing-forward.John Coffey and Bernie Wood, ''The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League'', Hodder Moa, Auckland, 2007, p. 37. Rugby league career MacDonald, a halfback from Auckland, was part of Auckland's original 1908 rugby league team. He first represented New Zealand during the 1909 tour of Australia, playing in all three Test matches. MacDonald scored a try in the first Test match. MacDonald was again selected for New Zealand for the first Test match in New Zealand, against the 1910 Great Britain Lions. MacDonald scored a try in the match. He was part of the Auckland tour of New Zealand at the end of the year.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. . MacDonald was part of the 1911 New Zealand side that toured Australia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Knight (rugby League)
Henry Knight was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played at representative level for New Zealand ( Heritage № 37), and Wellington, as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; ), during the era of contested scrums. International honours Henry Knight won caps for New Zealand in the 1909 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia, playing as a forward, i.e. number 9, in the 5-10 defeat by Australia at Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane on Saturday 26 June 1909, and as a forward, i.e. number 8 in the 5-25 defeat by Australia at Royal Agricultural Society Showground, Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ... on Saturday 3 July 1909. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Knight, Henry New Zealand national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert King (rugby League)
Bert King was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in 1909. Playing career King made his debut for Wellington in Game Two between Wellington and Auckland during the inaugural 1908 rugby league season in New Zealand.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. . In 1909 he was selected as part of the New Zealand tour of Australia. On tour, King played in all three test matches against Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... ''nzleague.co.nz'' References {{ ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
