William Robert Gordon

Surname:

Gordon

First names:

William Robert

Known by:

Rob

All Black Player No:

906

All Black games played:

All Black years:

1990

Clubs:

University
University, Hamilton Marist

Provincial teams:

Otago 1986, 1987
Waikato 1988, 1990, 1991
NZ Colts 1986
NZ XV 1991
NZ B Team 1991
NZ Universities 1986, 1989

Biography:

1986: Lock - 3 games
1986: NZ Colts: Lock - 3 games
1986: NZ U: Lock - 1 game
1987: Flanker [8], No 8 [2] - 10 games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1988: Flanker [12], No 8 [1] - 13 games
1988: Nth Zone: Flanker - 1 game
1988: Possibles: Flanker - 1 game
1988: NZ U: Flanker - 1 game
1989: NZ U: Flanker - 1 game
1989: NI U: Flanker - 1 game
1990: AB's: No 8 - 3 tour games
1990: Flanker [5], No 8 [9] - 14 games - 8 tries - (32 pts)
1991: Flanker - 6 games
1991: Possibles: Flanker - 1 game
1991: NZ XV: Flanker - 3 games
1991: NZ B Team: Flanker - 1 game
1991: Sthn Hemisphere: No 8 - 1 game

Sub Total: AB's: 3 tour games:
Prov: Ot: 13 games (8 pts): Wai: 33 games (32 pts):
Others: 15 games

Total: 64 games (40 pts)

Played for Japan

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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