Jim Bond (rugby league)

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Jim Bond
Personal information
Full nameJames Arthur Bond
BornNew Zealand
Playing information
Position Stand-off
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Papanui (CRL)
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1958–19?? Canterbury
1958–64 South Island 6
1961–68 New Zealand 141003
Coaching information
Club
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
19701971University (CRL)
Source: [1]

James Arthur Bond [2] is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand fourteen times, including captaining the side in the 1968 World Cup. [1]

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Playing career

Bond played for the Papanui club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition and represented both Canterbury and the South Island. [3] He first made the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1961 when he was part of the tour of Great Britain and France. Bond was a continual selection for the Kiwis until 1964. After that year he was not selected again until the 1968 season.

In 1968 Bond was selected to captain the side to the 1968 World Cup.

Coaching career

After retirement Bond coached the University club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. BOND, James Arthur - 1961 - 63, 1968 Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
  3. 1 2 Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.