James Wayne Goulding is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand five times.

Playing career

Auckland Rugby League The Auckland Rugby League (ARL) is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is responsible for rugby league in the region, including both club and school rugby league. It began in 1910 when the fi ...

competition, Goulding won the '' Bert Humphries Memorial Medal'' in 1985 for the most improved forward. In 1988 he joined the new Newcastle Knights franchise in the

New South Wales Rugby League premiership The New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia and contributor to today's National Rugby League. Run by the New South Wales Rugby League (initially named the New Sout ...

and played for the Knights for three seasons. In 1995 he joined the new Western Reds franchise, but only played one game for the new club.

Representative career

An Auckland representative, Goulding also represented New Zealand from 1985 until 1989 - playing in five matches for the New Zealand national rugby league team.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. He spent the 1993 season with the Wellington side, coming in as a replacement for John Lomax who signed with the Canberra Raiders before the season began.''Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1993'', New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1993. p.p.180-191

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NZRL Roll of Honour
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goulding, James New Zealand rugby league players Auckland rugby league team players Wellington rugby league team players Western Reds players Richmond Bulldogs players Newcastle Knights players Hull Kingston Rovers players New Zealand national rugby league team players Rugby league second-rows Rugby league props 1966 births Living people