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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
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	William John	Bill	view
Anderson-Heather	Samuel George	Sam	view
Apisai	Leni Chris Antoni		view
Atiga	Benjamin Alo Charles	Ben	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
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
Beetham	Charles John	Charlie	view
Bell	Craig Te Whitu		view
Bennett	John Vivian		view
Bennett	Patrick James	Pat	view
Berkett	Stephen John	Steve	view
Berry	Martin Joseph	Marty	view

Endorsements

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.

Kerry
Firstly, this is an awesome website – love all the work you’ve done. It’s a real bonus especially to those of us who never collected Rugby Almanack etc.
So awesome to see my own name in there – but you’ve missed one NZU game – I played 3 – Full 80’s against Scotland & Uruguay and as a replacement vs France in the semi final.
Every game counts when we’re old, lol!
Cheers
Pat J Stevens

It gives me great pleasure to write this character reference about this website. There would not be a person in this country who doesn’t know that rugby is the national game of New Zealand. The passion runs deep and the profile and exposure of the sport is without peer. A fair chunk of our heroes come from the game and nothing affects the mental psychology of the people more than rugby. Not even politics.

Because of this rich feeling, discussions in society are often based around the game and on the players involved. Memories tend to play tricks on people. They can fade and forget and get things muddled up. For nearly 90 years New Zealand rugby enthusiasts have been superbly served by the Rugby Almanack. It remains the definitive source of information from each season despite the advancement of technology.

However, we must accept that technology has advanced and like rugby, we therefore need to embrace the good that comes with that change. www.rugbyhistory.co.nz is the best rugby history site that is available. It provides comprehensive records of the All Blacks, all the Super rugby sides and most impressively of all, places a large emphasis on the national provincial competition, which remains such a crucial part of the fabric in New Zealand.

Kery Geertson’s dedication to this growing rugby treasure can not be denied. It continues to grow, mature and impress. To paraphrase the late, great Terry McLean www.rugbyhistory.co.nz should be stored as a favourite website for every rugby lover; it provides facts and fairness and hours of one of life’s greatest pleasures – browsing.

Grant Hassall
Wannabe Rugby Historian
New Plymouth

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

Kerry - great website on rugby - just a comment your player information for Ken J Tarrant (brother) South Canterbury is incorrect. It says he played 29 games I think you will find it was around 69 from early 70s to late 70s.
Steve Tarrant
(170 games over 14 seasons for Sth Canterbury & Southland)

Kerry's note: Thanks Steve, this will be corrected once I go back earlier than 1975.

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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.

New Zealand Rugby History

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