Birth name | Blair Peter Larsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 January 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Takapuna, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 107 kg (236 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Rosmini College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Police officer Rugby union coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blair Peter Larsen (born 20 January 1969) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A lock and flanker, Larsen represented North Harbour and Northland at a provincial level and the Chiefs in Super Rugby. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1992 to 1996, playing 40 matches including 17 internationals. [1]
Dannevirke, is a rural service town in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of the North Island, New Zealand. It is the main centre of the Tararua District.
Blair is a Scots-English-language name of Scottish Gaelic origin.
The North Harbour Rugby Union (NHRU), commonly known as North Harbour or simply Harbour, is the governing body of rugby union that encompasses a wide geographical area north of Auckland that includes North Shore City, Rodney District, the Hibiscus Coast and part of Waitakere City. There are 12 rugby clubs from Mahurangi RFC, based in Warkworth, Rodney District, in the north through to Massey the southernmost area of the union.
Rosmini College is a state integrated Catholic secondary school for boys, situated in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. The school caters to Years 7–13, and currently has a roll of approximately 1120 students and staff of 75 teachers. The school's motto is Legis Charitas Plenitudo, translated as 'Charity Fulfills the Law', or sometimes translated as 'Love Fulfills the Law'.
The following lists events that happened during 2002 in New Zealand.
The following lists events that happened during 1969 in New Zealand.
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Alfred Lewis "Smacker" Blair was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach whose playing career ran from 1917 to 1930 with South Sydney. A skilled five-eighth, he made a single appearance for the Australian national team in 1924.
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The New Zealand rugby league season 2010 was the 103rd season of rugby league that was played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the new National Zonal competition run by the New Zealand Rugby League. The premier teams competed for the Albert Baskerville Trophy, which was won by Auckland when they defeated Counties Manukau 14 - 6 in the Grand Final.
The 1994 New Zealand rugby league season was the 87th season of rugby league in New Zealand. The main feature of the season was the inaugural Lion Red Cup competition that was run by the New Zealand Rugby League. The North Harbour Sea Eagles won the Cup by defeating the Counties Manukau Heroes 24–16 in the Grand Final. At the end of the season the New Zealand national team was also assembled for a tour of Papua New Guinea.
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The 1996 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa was a historic tour in the history of New Zealand rugby. The All Blacks won the test series 2–1 and became known as "the Incomparables" for their feat of winning a series in South Africa for the first time.
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Josh Larsen is a Canadian rugby union player who plays for the New England Free Jacks in Major League Rugby (MLR). His usual position is Lock in the second row.