Des Barchard

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Des Barchard
Personal information
Full nameDesmond Alfred Barchard
Born23 December 1922
Auckland, New Zealand[ citation needed ]
Died2 January 1987(1987-01-02) (aged 64)
Auckland, New Zealand[ citation needed ]
Playing information
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight80 kg (12 st 8 lb)
Position Stand-off, Halfback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1947 Marist
1961 Howick
Total00000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1948–53 Auckland
1947–52 New Zealand 81003
1953 US All Stars
Coaching information
Representative
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
1968 New Zealand 30030
1972 New Zealand 30030
Source: [1]
Relatives Len Barchard (uncle)

Desmond Alfred Barchard (1924 - 1987) was a New Zealand former rugby league footballer, and coach who represented and coached New Zealand. Barchard was the coach of the Kiwis in the 1968 and 1972 World Cups. His uncle, Len Barchard also played for New Zealand, while his other uncle, Laurie Barchard played senior rugby league for City for several years.

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Birth

Des Barchard was born on 23 December 1922. [1]

Playing career

A member of the Marist club in the Auckland Rugby League, Barchard first represented Auckland in 1948. [2] He was selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1947 (Kiwi No. 307) and went on to play in ten Test matches for New Zealand (1947, 48, 50-52). [3] In 1953, his final year of representative football for Auckland, he was drawn into the touring US All Stars side as they were short of players for their New Zealand leg of the tour. [4]

Des was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the Howick Hornets RLFC (Auckland) for service to the Club as a founding member.[ citation needed ]

Coaching career

Barchard was the coach of the New Zealand national rugby league team at the 1968 and 1972 World Cups. The Kiwis did not win a match in either tournament.

Death

On 2 January 1987, Barchard died at the age of 64. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Marist Rugby League Football Club Inc Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine Auckland Rugby League
  3. ↑ "Kiwis Roll of Honour | NZRL". nzrl.co.nz. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  4. ↑ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 135. ISBN   978-1-86969-331-2.
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