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| Full name | Bruce Eric Castle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 October 1939 New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Spouse | Marlene Castle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Raelene Castle (daughter) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bruce Eric Castle is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand. [1]
Castle played for the Ellerslie Eagles. He also represented Auckland and was part of victories over Australia in 1961 and Great Britain in 1962. [2] He played two test matches for the New Zealand national rugby league team, including one as captain. [3]
Castle was the player-coach for Turvey Park in Wagga Wagga before coaching the Mangere East Hawks in the Auckland Rugby League competition. [4]
Castle was a selector for the New Zealand national rugby league team between 1999 and 2001. [5]
Castle's wife Marlene is a four-time New Zealand Commonwealth Games lawn bowling representative. [6] Their daughter Raelene is a sports administrator, formerly a chief executive officer of Netball New Zealand and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs [7] then of Rugby Australia since December 2017. [8]