Mocky Brereton

Mocky Brereton

Personal information
Full name	Maurice Patrick Brereton
Born	1946/1947(age 74–75)
Playing information
Position	Wing, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 19??–69 Greymouth Marist 1970–80 Marist-West Suburbs 156 Total 0 156 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1966–69 West Coast 1969–75 New Zealand 24 3 0 0 9 1970–79 Canterbury 53 46 South Island Southern Zone
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1977 Marist-West Suburbs
Source: [1] [2]

Maurice "Mocky" Patrick Brereton ^[3] is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in the 1970 and 1972 World Cups and one match in the 1975 World Championship Series. ^[1]

Playing career

Brereton was originally from the West Coast. He was educated at Marist Brothers High School, Greymouth. ^[4] and made his New Zealand national rugby league team debut in 1969 while playing for the Greymouth Marist club.

Brereton then moved to Christchurch, joining the Marist-Western Suburbs club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition in 1970. ^[5] He was part of the 1970 and 1972 World Cup Squads. In 1975 he played one match in the World Championship Series but was not selected for the squad for the October finals. Instead he played for Canterbury in the side that defeated Auckland in the New Zealand Rugby League final. ^[6] Brereton played in 24 tests and scored 25 tries in 50 matches for the Kiwis. ^[7] Brereton also represented the South Island, Southern Zone, New Zealand Marist and Rest of New Zealand. ^[8]

Brereton's 46 tries for Canterbury is a district record, as is his 156 tries for Marist-Western Suburbs. ^{[8] [9]}

Later years

Brereton coached Marist-Western Suburbs in 1977 and was elected the club president of the Marist-Western Suburbs club in 1985. ^[10]

Personal life

Brereton was a Police detective from his playing days ^[5] until his retirement in 1995, after 25 years in the force. In 1971 he was the New Zealand Police's "Sportsman of the Year". ^[8] In 2006 it was announced he was suffering from Parkinson's disease. ^[7] He works as the publican at the Ashley Hotel. ^[7]

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. BRERETON, Maurice Patrick (Mocky) 1969 - 75 - Kiwi #466 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
4. "Greymouth Marist 90th Anniversary", Sir Peter Leitch's Newsletter No 49, 06 November 2022 (Retrieved 5 August 2022)
5. Tolerton, Nick (29 October 2010). "Notorious criminal's life story hits shelves". The Star Canterbury. New Zealand: APN News & Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
6. Smith, Tony (30 May 2009). "Nothing better than bettering Auckland". The Press . Retrieved 25 October 2011.
7. New battle for league great The Star, 11 October 2006
8. Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
9. Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1993, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1993. p.192
10. 1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.133