| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Sanders | |||||
| Born | 1900 New Zealand |
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| Died | 1981 | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Wing, Centre, Stand-off | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1915–19?? | Addington (CRL) | |||||
| Hornby (CRL) | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Canterbury | ||||||
| 1919–1925 | New Zealand | |||||
| 1925–1929 | South Island | |||||
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1931 | Addington | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| Canterbury | ||||||
| South Island | ||||||
| Source: RLP | ||||||
James "Jim" Sanders[1] (1900-1981) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country.
Sanders started his career in third grade with Addington in 1915. He spent his entire career with Addington apart from a few games for Hornby when Addington had no senior team.[2] He captained Addington to their first title in 1923.
Sanders made his New Zealand debut in 1919 against Australia. In 1921 Sanders toured Australia for New Zealand under coach Jim Rukutai.[3] He played for New Zealand in 1922 against New South Wales and was part of the 1926-1927 New Zealand tour of Great Britain that was marred by a players strike. He first played for the South Island in 1925 and in 1929 he captained them to their 23-13 victory over the North Island, the South Island's first.[2]
Sanders rejected an offer from Halifax for the 1926-1927 season.[2]
Sanders coached Addington in 1931 and later coached Canterbury and the South Island. He also served as a South Island and New Zealand selector in the 1930s.[2]