John Barrie Skilbeck Hutchinson

Surname:

Hutchinson

First names:

John Barrie Skilbeck

Known by:

Barrie

Clubs:

University
University

Provincial teams:

Wellington 1957
Auckland 1958, 1959
NZ Trial 1957
Vikings 1957
Nth Island Trial 1957, 1958
NZ Universities 1957, 1958, 1959
Nth Island U 1958, 1959
Regional Trial 1959

Provincial captain:

Auckland 1958

Country captain:

NZ Universities 1958, 1959

Biography:

1957: NZ U: Prop - 1 game
1957: Prop - 10 games - 2 tries (6 pts)
1957: NZ Trial: Lock - 1 game
1957: Nth Island Trial: lock - 1 game
1957: Vikings: Flanker - 1 game
1958: NZ U: Lock - 1 game
1958: Nth Island U: Lock - 1 game
1958: Lock [6], Flanker [2] - 8 games
1958: Nth Island Trial: Prop - 1 game
1959: NZ U: Prop - 3 games
1959: Prop - 2 games
1959: Nth Island U: Prop - 1 game
1959: Reg Trial: Lock - 1 game

Sub Total: Prov: Ak: 10 games: We: 10 games (6 pts)
Others: 12 games

Total: 32 games (6 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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