Len Eriksen

Len Eriksen
Personal information
Full name Leonard Alfred Eriksen[1]
Born New Zealand
Playing information
Position Scrum-half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Ponsonby
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Auckland
1954 New Zealand 3 1 0 0 3
Source: RLP

Len Eriksen is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country in the 1954 World Cup.

Playing career

A Ponsonby player in the Auckland Rugby League competition. Eriksen was part of the Auckland side who defeated Great Britain 5-4 at Carlaw Park. He was selected for the New Zealand Kiwis in 1954 and played in three test matches that year, including at the 1954 World Cup.

In 1958 he was part of the Ponsonby side that won the first ever Auckland grand final, defeating Otahuhu 16-7.[2]

References

  1. ^ ERIKSEN, Leonard Alfred - 1954 nzleague.co.nz
  2. ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 9781869693664.