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| Full name | Ronald Amelioran MacDonald [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Five-eighth, Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ronald MacDonald was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand between 1909 and 1911.
MacDonald originally played rugby union and represented Auckland as a wing-forward. [3]
MacDonald, a halfback from Auckland, was part of Auckland's original 1908 rugby league team. [3] He first represented New Zealand during the 1909 tour of Australia, playing in all three Test matches. MacDonald scored a try in the first Test match. [2]
MacDonald was again selected for New Zealand for the first Test match in New Zealand, against the 1910 Great Britain Lions. MacDonald scored a try in the match. He was part of the Auckland tour of New Zealand at the end of the year. [4]
MacDonald was part of the 1911 New Zealand side that toured Australia, playing against New South Wales and Queensland. [1] He was Auckland's sole Auckland selector in 1911 and later served as a national selector and as Auckland's delegate to the New Zealand Rugby League. [3]
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