Birth name | Michael Gordon Duncan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 8 August 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Waipawa, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Lindisfarne College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Gordon Duncan (born 8 August 1947) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A centre and second five-eighth, Duncan represented Hawke's Bay at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1971. He played two matches for the All Blacks, both of them internationals against the touring British Lions. [1]
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