William Nepia Rowlands

Surname:

Rowlands

First names:

William Nepia

Known by:

Bill

Country:

New Zealand

Clubs:

Red Star

Provincial teams:

Wairarapa Bush 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983
NZ Maori 1976

Provincial captain:

Wairarapa Bush 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 Co
Sthn NZ Maori 1976
Sth Zone Maori 1978

Biography:

1974: Prop - 7 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1975: Prop - 7 games
1976: Forward - 12 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1976: NZ Maori: Prop - 2 games
1976: Prince of Wales Cup: Prop - 1 game
1977: Forward - 14 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1978: Prop - 6 games
1978: Prince of Wales Cup: Prop - 1 game
1981: Prop - 11 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1982: Prop - 11 games
1983: Prop - 10 games

Sub Total: NZ Maori: 2 games
Prov: 78 games (16 pts)
Others: 2 games

Total: 82 games (16 pts)

Endorsements

Thanks for this great work. I hope you can soon raise the funding you need to expand these rugby records.

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 - 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.

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

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

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

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