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Full name | Charlie McAlister | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | New Zealand | 17 March 1963|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charlie McAlister is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who played as a professional in England and Australia.
McAlister played for the Newcastle Knights in 1988. He then moved to England and played rugby union for Bradford and Bingley Rugby Club before signing with Oldham, and returning to rugby league. He played for Oldham between 1988/89 and 1991/92, becoming the club's vice captain. [1] McAlister earned a Kiwi trial in 1989. [2] McAlister then spent the 1992/93 season with the Sheffield Eagles before returning to Oldham for the 1993/94 season.
McAlister also played for the Castleford Tigers, and was later the coach of the Manawatu Rugby Union team. In 1995 he played for Scotland at the Emerging Nations Tournament. [3]
He is also father of All Black and Blues player Luke McAlister, and northern mystics player Kayla McAlister.[ citation needed ] He currently acts as Luke's manager. [4]
In 2005, the British & Irish Lions rugby union team toured New Zealand for the first time since 1993, playing seven matches against first and second division teams from the National Provincial Championship, one match against the New Zealand Maori team, and three test matches against New Zealand. The Lions lost the test series 3-0, the first time in 22 years that they lost every test match on tour.
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Charlie McAlister also was a Taranaki Rugby Football Union Representative playing 78 games, as well as playing for the Maori All Blacks