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Full name | John Charles Griffin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Charles Griffin is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented the New Zealand national rugby league team. [1]
A West Coast representative, Griffin represented the South Island in 1976 in a match against Sydney Metropolitan. [2]
Griffin was the West Coast Rugby League player of the year in 1982. [3] Griffin was selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1982, and earned 1 cap, becoming Kiwi number 569. [4]
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