Donald Vernon Colling

Male player

Surname:

Colling

First names:

Donald Vernon

Known by:

Don

Clubs:

Tarras, Cromwell

Provincial teams:

Otago XV 1967
Otago 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
Otago SU 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976

Provincial captain:

Otago 1974, 1975, 1976

Biography:

1967: XV: 2/5 - 1 game
1968: Centre - 1 game
1970: Centre [8], 2/5 [2] - 10 games - 7 tries, 1 DG (24 pts)
1970: SU: 2/5 - 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1971: 2/5 - 3 games - 2 tries (6 pts)
1972: Centre [12], 2/5 [2] - 14 games - 3 tries (12 pts)
1972: SU: 2/5 - 1 game
1972: 2nd Possibles: Centre - 1 game
1973: 1st Probables: Centre - 1 game
1973: South Island: Centre - 1 game
1973: Centre - 17 games - 4 tries (16 pts)
1973: SU: Centre - 1 game
1974: Centre - 12 games - 4 tries (16 pts)
1974: Sth Island: Centre - 1 game
1974: SU: Centre - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1975: Centre - 10 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1975: Sth Island: Centre - 1 game
1976: 2/5 - 12 games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1976: SU: 2/5 - 1 game
1976: Sth Island: 2/5 - 1 game
1977: 5/8 - 1 game

Sub Total: Prov: 80 games (86 pts): Others: 12 games (7 pts)

Total: 92 games (93 pts)

NOTE: This site shows Men's rugby history data from 1957 to 2025. In the Women's game it goes back to early 2000s. I am working backwards to earlier years as time allows.

Endorsement

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

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