John Collins (rugby union)

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John Collins
Birth nameJohn Law Collins
Date of birth(1939-02-01)1 February 1939
Place of birth Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand
Date of death29 May 2007(2007-05-29) (aged 68)
Place of death Gisborne, New Zealand
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
SchoolTokomaru Bay District High School
Notable relative(s) Aaron Collins (son)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Second five-eighth
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1958–1968 Poverty Bay 49 ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1964–1965 New Zealand 3 (0)

John Law Collins (1 February 1939 — 29 May 2007) was a New Zealand rugby union international.

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Raised in Tokomaru Bay, Collins was a second five-eighth and played his rugby with Gisborne Marist. He made his provincial debut for Poverty Bay in 1958 and was later a New Zealand Maori representative. [1]

Collins missed three years of rugby in the early 1960s due to army service in Malaysia and on his return soon came into All Blacks contention. He gained his first cap in the opening 1964 Bledisloe Cup match against the Wallabies at Carisbrook, before a back injury kept him out of the remainder of the series. The following year, Collins was capped a further two times in the home series against the Springboks, at Athletic Park and Eden Park. [2]

Collins was married to Ingrid Collins. [3] The couple had two children; [3] their son, Aaron, was a Poverty Bay representative and played professional rugby in Scotland. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Rugby: Former All Black John Collins dies". NZ Herald . 30 May 2007.
  2. ↑ "John Collins #647". stats.allblacks.com.
  3. 1 2 O'Connor, Matai (31 December 2024). "Gisborne leader honoured as dame for 50 years of service to Māori and business". Gisborne Herald . Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "'The first Test is one you can get'". Sunday Star-Times . 28 May 2017.
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