Bill McKenzie was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.[1]
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| Full name | Adrian William McKenzie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
editMcKenzie played in the Canterbury Rugby League competition and represented Canterbury.[2]
In 1947 he was first selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team, however he did not make his test debut until 1949 against Australia.[3] He had earlier in the tour played against Australia for the South Island.
In 1950 he moved north and represented both Auckland and the North Island.[2] He also played for the Ngaruawahia club in the Waikato Rugby League competition.[4]
In 1952 he returned home, joining the newly formed Marist club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition. This helped relaunch his career and he was again selected for New Zealand, after a three-year absence.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b c Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987
- ^ McKENZIE, Adrian William (1947 - 49, 1952)[permanent dead link] nzleague.co.nz
- ^ In Touch nzrl.co.nz, October 2011