Bryce Rope

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Douglas Bryce Rope (11 February 1923 – 2 March 2013) was the coach of the New Zealand rugby union team from 1983 to 1984.

Biography

Rope was born in 1923 and attended Auckland Grammar School.[1]

During World War II, Rope trained in Canada and then was a flight instructor with No. 20 OTU. He saw active service, flying fighter bombers in operations over Europe.[1]

Rope played rugby for Auckland and New Zealand Universities in the 1940s and 1950s, as a loose forward.[2] He was All Blacks coach from 1983 to 1984,[2] coaching the team to nine wins in 12 test matches.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Salute to the fallen". Central Leader. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Former All Black coach dies". New Zealand Herald. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013. 
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Peter Burke		 All Blacks coach
1983–1984 		Succeeded by
Brian Lochore


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