Lawrence Gibb Knight (born 24 September 1949) is a former New Zealand

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player. A

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and loose forward, Knight represented

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and

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at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the

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, from 1974 to 1977. He played 35 matches for the All Blacks including six internationals. Knight trained as a medical doctor. After completing his All Black career, he went to Paris to undertake further study and while there played rugby for the Paris Université Club. He later lived and worked in South Africa, practising medicine in

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, before returning to New Zealand in the late 1990s. From 2010 to 2013, Knight served as president of the

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