Len Eriksen

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Len Eriksen
Personal information
Full nameLeonard Alfred Eriksen [1]
BornNew Zealand
Playing information
Position Scrum-half
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Ponsonby
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Auckland
1954 New Zealand 31003
Source: [2]

Len Eriksen is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand in the 1954 World Cup.

Playing career

A Ponsonby player in the Auckland Rugby League competition. Eriksen was part of the Auckland side that defeated Great Britain 5-4 at Carlaw Park. He was selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1954 and played in three test matches that year, including at the 1954 World Cup.[ citation needed ]

In 1958 he was part of the Ponsonby side that won the first ever Auckland grand final, defeating Otahuhu 16-7. [3]

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References

  1. ERIKSEN, Leonard Alfred - 1954 Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN   978-1-86969-366-4.