Wayne Wallace

Wayne Wallace

Personal information
Full name	Wayne John Wallace
Playing information
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Position	Hooker, Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 19??–87 Hornby 1988 Marist-Western Suburbs 1989–?? Hornby Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1978–90 Canterbury 57 1981–?? South Island 1985–88 New Zealand 11 2 0 0 8 1988 Rest of the World 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1990–?? Hornby 1994 Christchurch City 22 6 0 16 27 Total 22 6 0 16 27
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Wayne John Wallace is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer and coach who represented New Zealand in the 1988 World Cup final.

Playing career

Wallace played in the Canterbury Rugby League club competition for Hornby, although he spent one season with the Marist-Western Suburbs team.

He first made the Canterbury side in 1979, initially as a Loose forward but he soon shifted to the Hooker position after an injury to Alan Rushton. He set a Canterbury record of 57 appearances between 1978 and 1990, leading the province to wins over Great Britain and Auckland in 1990.

Wallace made the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1985 and went on to play in eleven test matches. He was the only non-professional player in the 1988 World Cup final loss to Australia, his last game for New Zealand.

Wallace became player-coach of Hornby before retiring as a player to become a full-time coach.

Coaching career

In 1994 Wallace coached the Christchurch City Shiners in their debut season in the Lion Red Cup.

Wallace's Hornby side won the 1997 Pat Smith Challenge Trophy, defeating Papanui. They won the Massetti Cup (minor premiership) the next year but could not defend the title.