Robin Alfeld

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Robin Alfeld
Personal information
Full nameRobin Leonard Alfeld
Born (1956-12-12) 12 December 1956 (age 67)
New Zealand
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb)
Playing information
Position Fullback, Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1976–1986 Hornby 116
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1977–1985 Canterbury 2818
1979–85 South Island 184
1983 New Zealand 10000
Source: [1]

Robin Leonard Alfeld is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.

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Playing career

Alfeld played for the Hornby Panthers in the Canterbury Rugby League competition between 1976 and 1985, scoring 116 tries for his club - a Hornby club record. [2] He played for Canterbury between 1977 and 1985, scoring 18 tries in 28 matches. Alfeld also played 18 games for the South Island between 1979 and 1985. [3]

Alfeld retired in 1985 due to injury.

Representative career

Alfeld played one test match for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1981 against Papua New Guinea. He also played for Oceania against Europe in 1983 as part of the French Rugby League 50th anniversary celebrations and was a replacement for the New Zealand XIII that played Queensland in 1984. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
  3. ↑ Bruce Montgomerie Those Who Played, Montgomerie Publishing, 2004. ISBN   0646434071
  4. ↑ ALFELD, Robin Leonard (1983) nzleague.co.nz


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