Terence Raymond Lineen (5 January 1936 – 17 February 2020) was a New Zealand

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player. A second five-eighth and centre three-quarter, Lineen represented

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

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, from 1957 to 1960. He played 35 matches for the All Blacks including 12 internationals. Lineen died in Auckland on 17 February 2020 at the age of 84.

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