Gary Alan Seear

Male player

Surname:

Seear

First names:

Gary Alan

All Black Player No:

748

All Black games played:

All Black years:

1976 - 1979

Clubs:

Southern

Provincial teams:

NZ Under 21 1972
Otago 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982
NZ Juniors 1973, 1974
Cantabrians 1973

Country captain:

NZ Juniors 1974

Biography:

1971: Lock [2], Sub [1] - 3 games
1972: Lock - 14 games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1972: 1st Probables: Lock - 1 game
1972: NZ Under 21: Lock - 1 game
1973: NZ Juniors: Lock - 7 games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1973: South Island: Lock - 1 game
1973: 1st Probables: Lock - 1 game
1973: Lock - 15 games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1973: Cantabrians: Lock - 1 game
1974: Lock - 9 games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1974: Probables: Sub - 1 game
1974: 1st Probables: No 8 - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1974: Sth Island: No 8 - 1 game
1974: NZ Juniors: Lock [3], No 8 [3] - 6 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1975: Lock - 16 games
1975: NZ Trial: Lock - 1 game
1975: Sth Island: Lock - 1 game
1975: Nelson Invitation XV: No 8 - 1 game
1976: AB's: Lock - 10 tour games, No 8 - 1 tour game - 4 tries (16 pts)
1976: NZ Trial: Lock - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1977: AB's: No 8 - 2 tests, 4 tour games - 1 try, 2 C, 2 P (14 pts)
1977: Sth Island: No 8 - 1 game
1977: NZ Trial: No 8 - 1 game
1977: No 8 - 13 games
1978: AB's: No 8 - 7 tests, 6 tour games - 3 tries (12 pts)
1978: Lock (8), No 8 (3) - 11 games
1978: NZ Trial: No 8 - 1 game
1978: Zingari-Richmond Invitation XV: Lock - 3 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1979: AB's: No 8 - 3 tests, 1 tour game
1979: Sth Island: Lock - 1 game
1979: NZ Possibles: Lock - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1979: Lock (6), No 8 (5) - 11 games
1981: Lock (1), No 8 (13) - 14 games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1981: Sth Island: No 8 - 1 game
1981: NZ Probables: No 8 - 1 game
1982: No 8 - 9 games - 2 tries, 1 P (11 pts)

Sub Total: AB's: 12 tests, 22 tour games (42 pts)
Prov: 115 games (43 pts)
Others: 34 games (28 pts)

Total: 183 games (109 pts)

Born: 19 Feb 1952
Died: 8 Feb 2018

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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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