| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Travers Harry Hardwick | |||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second-row, Loose forward | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 19??–1949 | Ponsonby | |||||
| 1950–19?? | Ngaruwahia | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1945–1949 | Auckland | |||||
| 1946–1952 | New Zealand | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 1950–1952 | Waikato | |||||
| 1953 | American All Stars | |||||
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1956 | NZ Māori | |||||
| 1959–1960 | New Zealand | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 50 |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Travers Harry Hardwick[1] was a New Zealand rugby league player and coach who represented his country and coached them in the 1960 World Cup.
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Hardwick originally played rugby union in the Wairarapa before taking up rugby league when he moved to Auckland.[2]
Hardwick played for Ponsonby in the Auckland Rugby League competition. He first represented Auckland in 1945.
Hardwick was selected for New Zealand in 1946 and went onto play in fourteen Test matches between 1946 and 1952. He also captained the Kiwis.[3] In 1950 Hardwick moved south, joining the Ngaruwahia Panthers in the Waikato Rugby League and represented Waikato.[4]
Hardwick assisted the touring American All Stars team in 1953 due to their injury crises.[3]
Hardwick coached the New Zealand Māori in 1956.[3]
He coached New Zealand for two years, in 1959 and 1960. This included the 1960 World Cup.
He was an Auckland selector in 1973.[2]
Hardwick was inducted into the New Zealand Rugby League's Legends of League in 2000.[5]
| Preceded by Bill Telford |
Coach New Zealand Kiwis 1959-1960 |
Succeeded by Des White |
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