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Surname	First names	Known by
Abraham	John William		view
Achillies	Jackson J		view
Addenbrooke	Dean Geoffrey		view
Afeaki	Ben Tu'umoe Paul		view
Aiatu	Muteremoana		view
Ainley	Alex Nigel		view
Akuhata	Kere		view
Ala'alatoa	Michael Savea		view
Alexander	Michael Hugh O'Donel	Ox	view
Allan	Glen T	Darby	view
Allen	Grant Wayne		view
Allen	Mark Richard	Bull	view
Alley	Chelsea H		view
Anaha	Germaine Stacey		view
Anderson	Albert	Alby	view
Anderson	Graeme Wighton	Bunter	view
Anderson	Paul Gerrard		view
Anderson	William John	Bill	view
Anderson-Heather	Samuel George	Sam	view
Apisai	Leni Chris Antoni		view
Atiga	Benjamin Alo Charles	Ben	view
Atkin (nee Huddleston)	Chanel A		view
Aubrey	David Ross	Dave	view
Axtens	Stephen Roger	Steve	view
Baker	Matenga		view
Balcombe	Darin N		view
Baldwin	Cole		view
Banks	Richard M J	Richie	view
Barkle	Garry Peter		view
Barr	Dean John		view
Barrell	Robert Bruce	Bob	view
Barrett	Kane Sinclair		view
Barrett	Neesha		view
Barrett	Scott Kevin		view
Barry	Liam John		view
Barry	Michael Patrick	Mike	view
Bateman	Timothy Edward Sullivan	Tim	view
Bates	Steven Paul		view
Beams	Ken John J		view
Bedwell-Curtis	Heiden Kahira		view

Endorsements

We are burying a good friend and ex-southland rugby player this Friday in Invercargill with many of the local rugby men that feature on your site (we have checked!) no doubt will be attending also. We just happened to be googling his name to see if any rugby info came up and your history site came up from that. It was great to see how many games he had played and when.
A wonderful source of information. Keep up the great work.

Kind regards,
Jo MacDonald

Hi Kerry

I’ve been meaning to drop you a line for a while after literally stumbling across your website in a Google search.

Since I was a kid I’ve been a bit of a sports stats geek – over the years I have progressed from A4 exercise books with scribbles and cross-outs, to Word and Excel – much more user friendly and secure. My stats have always been my own hobby and pleasure and never shared with anybody.

Your website is nothing short of phenomenal, I can’t begin to imagine the time and research that has gone into it. As a resource for not only NZ rugby supporters, but statisticians round the world, it is second to none. I have yet to come across a site that offers so many easily searchable players and team stats in one area.

The one thing that struck me in doing my own NPC stats research is the vast number of players whose career is limited to one game (or part game) for a minor union. But there they are on NZ Rugby History, with their details recorded exactly the same as a Carter or a McCaw.

Your website is a priceless asset to the NZ rugby fabric, and I can only hope that you can access some kind of sponsorship or support of some kind from NZ Rugby or other avenues. It needs to be treasured and nurtured as it grows to a complete historic record of our game.

Regards
Paul Thomas

Hi, Kerry,
Your rugbyhistory website is amazing! I don't think there is a more complete source of rugby information in the world, not just on the internet. I've recommended it to several of my rugby-mad mates, who all return with glowing reviews. Have you ever thought of joining the National Rugby Museum in Palmerston North?
If I were to make a suggestion, I would like to see the match dates & venues alongside each result. It might settle a few debates on whether X fixture was on the 18th or 19th of September 1982, for instance, or whether Team Y has played in Town Z etc. If it's too much of a hassle, don't worry about it; you've already put truckloads of work into the site already!
Thanks, Samuel

Just wanted to drop you a line to say that Trevor Howard from New Zealand Rugby has advised me/us (fellow REO’s) of your website. I have had the chance to go through it and must say that you have done an outstanding job in collating and publishing this information. I have, in turn, shared it with all my referees in my regions (for which there are a number of referees in your data base) and I have nothing but praise and complements for what you have done.

Often referees (and players) simply drop off the system and the only records are in books and word of mouth (especially the less known personnel) but for them (and me), to search through and find our names and details of our 1st class accomplishment is very flattering and a sense of pride is established as we show our children or colleagues/friends of years gone by. Of course this is helped by the ease of access (as opposed to searching through books and magazines).

Thanks again for your efforts (for which I can only imagine are enormous) and I hope you continue to enter the details and expand your website.

John Dustow (JD)
Referee Education Officer (REO)
Counties Manukau Rugby Football Union/Thames Valley Rugby Football Union.

I would like to thank Kerry for his Rugby History website. The site is very easy to use. The information it has provided me with for an article I am researching for the Rugby Statistician's Magazine has proved invaluable.

Dave Hall

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