Barry Kenneth Harvey is a New Zealand former

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footballer who represented

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in three test matches, including matches that counted towards the 1988 World Cup.

Playing career

A 1983

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, Harvey played for the Western Suburbs club in the

Taranaki Rugby League Taranaki Rugby League is the local sporting body responsible for the administration of Rugby league in the Taranaki region of New Zealand. The TRL are represented by the Taranaki rugby league team. They are in the Mid-Central zone along with the ...

and became a

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and

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representative. He was first picked for the

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for the 1986 tour of Australia. In 1987 he moved south, joining the

Randwick Kingfishers Wellington Rugby League is the local sporting body responsible for the administration of Rugby league in the Greater Wellington region. It is responsible for the local competition of the same name, as well as its representative team, the Wellingto ...

in the

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''Randwick Kingfishers'' He became a

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representative, and later captained the side. New Zealand did not play any test matches in 1987, however , Harvey was selected in a New Zealand XIII that lost 14-18 to

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''Wellington Rugby League'' Harvey captained the New Zealand Māori team in the

1988 Pacific Cup The 1988 Pacific Cup was the fourth edition of the Pacific Cup, a rugby league tournament held between Pacific teams. The tournament was hosted by Western Samoa and eventually won by the New Zealand Māori side, who defeated Western Samoa 26-16 i ...

. He was again picked for the New Zealand side in 1989 and played one test match against Australia.

Legacy

In 2008 he was named in the

Team of the Century.

References

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