Bruce Castle (rugby league)

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Bruce Castle
Personal information
Full nameBruce Eric Castle
BornNew Zealand
Playing information
Position Loose forward
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Ellerslie Eagles
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Auckland
1961–67 New Zealand 20000
Source: [1]

Bruce Eric Castle is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand. [1]

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Playing career

Castle played for the Ellerslie Eagles. He also represented Auckland and was part of victories over Australia in 1961 and Great Britain in 1962. [2] He played two test matches for the New Zealand national rugby league team, including one as captain. [3]

Coaching career

Castle was the player-coach for Turvey Park in Wagga Wagga before coaching the Mangere East Hawks in the Auckland Rugby League competition. [4]

Later years

Castle was a selector for the New Zealand national rugby league team between 1999 and 2001. [5]

Personal life

Castle's wife Marlene is a four-time New Zealand Commonwealth Games lawn bowling representative. [6] Their daughter Raelene is a sports administrator, formerly a chief executive officer of Netball New Zealand and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs [7] then of Rugby Australia since December 2017. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN   978-1-86969-366-4.
  3. Castle, Bruce Eric [ permanent dead link ]nzleague.co.nz
  4. New Bulldogs chief 'one of a kind' nzherald.co.nz, 30 May 2013
  5. Bulldogs appoint new CEO nrl.com, 29 May 2013
  6. "Canterbury Bulldogs boss Raelene Castle reveals her alopecia areata". Stuff. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  7. Castle confirmed as new Bulldogs chief smh.com.au, 29 May 2013
  8. "Raelene Castle becomes first female chief executive of Rugby Australia". TheGuardian.com . Australian Associated Press. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.