Dick Myers
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Birth name | Richard George Myers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 July 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Hamilton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Cambridge High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Massey University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Farmer[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard George Myers (born 6 July 1950) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A loose forward, Myers played for Leamington RFC in Cambridge and is the only All Black to have played for the club. He represented Manawatu and Waikato at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1977 and 1978. He played five matches for the All Blacks including one international. On his test debut for New Zealand he played at Number 8 against the Wallabies where his opposite number Greg Cornelsen scored 4 tries in a 30–16 victory for Australia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Waipa – electoral district 77 composite roll. Te Awamutu: Registrar of Electors. 1981. p. 70.
- ^ Waikato R.F.U. "Dick Myers". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
Categories:
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Hamilton, New Zealand
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Massey University alumni
- Manawatu rugby union players
- Waikato rugby union players
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union number eights
- People educated at Cambridge High School, New Zealand
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1950s birth stubs