Roger Wayne Bailey is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer and coach who represented New Zealand thirty times between 1961 and 1970. His brother

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also played for New Zealand while his brother Bob later coached New Zealand and his son David was also a professional player. Bailey is of New Zealand Māori descent.

Playing career

A member of the Ponsonby club, Bailey was an Auckland representative and was first picked for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1961. He went on to play thirty test matches for the Kiwis and, in 1967, captained the Kiwis in two matches. Bailey also represented the New Zealand Māori side. In 1973 Bailey won the Hyland Memorial Cup as coach of the year in the

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competition. He joined the Maritime club in 1975.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. .

Awards

Bailey was inducted as a New Zealand Rugby League "Legend of League" in 1995 and is an

Immortal.Stacey Jones, Auckland Rugby League Immortal
''est1995.co.nz'', 21 September 2003 In 2007 he was named in the New Zealand Rugby League Team of the Century at centre.

References

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