| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Harold Owen Hayward | |||||
| Nickname | Circus | |||||
| Born | 23 May 1883 Blenheim, New Zealand |
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| Died | 25 July 1970 (aged 87) Thames, New Zealand |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Flanker | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1903–1911 | Auckland | 33 | ||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1908 | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Loose forward | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1912 | Thames | |||||
| 1912–1914 | Auckland | |||||
| 1912–1913 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harold "Circus" Owen Hayward (1883–1970) was a New Zealand rugby football player who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league. His brother, Morgan, also represented New Zealand in rugby league.
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Growing up in Thames, Hayward played rugby union for the Goldfields sub-union and represented Auckland. His 33 appearances for Auckland between 1903 and 1911 were, however, sparadoic – undoubtedly because he lived so far away from the city.[1]
Hayward played for New Zealand against the touring Anglo-Welsh Lions in on 25 July 1908.[2] He also made his sole appearance for the North Island in 1908.[1]
Hayward switched to rugby league in 1912 and made an immediate impact, playing for Thames, Auckland and New Zealand that year.[3] Like Goldfields, Thames was a sub-league of the Auckland Rugby League at the time.
Hayward captained the 1913 New Zealand tour of Australia and played for Auckland against Great Britain in 1914.[4][5]
Hayward returned to rugby union after World War One.[1]