William Albert Lunn (17 September 1926 – 22 December 1996), commonly known as Bert Lunn or Bill Lunn, 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. Lunn played 47 first class games, of which all but six were for

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. A flanker, he played in two matches for the New Zealand national side, the

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, both of them tests against the touring Australian team in 1949.

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