Buff Milner

Buff Milner
Birth name	Henare Pawhara Milner
Date of birth	12 February 1946
Place of birth	Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand
Date of death	2 March 1996 (aged 50)
Place of death	London, United Kingdom
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
School	Tokomaru Bay District High School
Notable relative(s)	Nehe Milner-Skudder (cousin)
Occupation(s)	Soldier
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Utility back
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
1963–65	East Coast
1966–72	Wanganui
1972–78	Counties
International career
Years	Team
1970	New Zealand
1971–75	New Zealand Māori

Last updated November 06, 2024

Henare Pawhara "Buff" Milner (12 February 1946 – 2 March 1996) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A utility back, Milner represented East Coast, Wanganui, and Counties at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1970. He played 16 matches for the All Blacks on their tour of South Africa that year, including one international. A professional soldier, Milner died suddenly in 1996 in the United Kingdom while there on an army course.^[2]

He was the cousin of Nehe Milner-Skudder, who made his All Black debut in 2015.^[1]

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References

1 2 "Nehe Milner-Skudder". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
↑ Knight, Lindsay. "Buff Milner". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

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[NMS_profile-1] 1 2 "Nehe Milner-Skudder". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

[2] Knight, Lindsay. "Buff Milner". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

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