Jim Bond (rugby league)

Jim Bond

Personal information
Full name	James Arthur Bond
Born	(1937-07-23) 23 July 1937 (age 87) New Zealand
Playing information
Position	Stand-off
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Papanui (CRL) Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1958–62 Canterbury 3 1 0 0 3 1958–64 South Island 6 1961–68 New Zealand 14 1 0 0 3
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1970–71 University (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]

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 1968 Bond was selected to captain the side to the 1968 World Cup.^{[ citation needed ]}

Coaching career

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

References

1. "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. Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.