George Menzies

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George Menzies
Playing information
Position	Stand-off
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Runanga (WCRL)
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	West Coast
1949–1962	South Island
1951–1961	New Zealand	29	4	0	0	12
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1974–1975	New Zealand	11	3	2	6	27
Source: RLP

George Menzies is a New Zealand former rugby league player and coach who represented his country at three World Cups and coached New Zealand at another World Cup.

Playing career

A Runanga club player and a West Coast and South Island representative, Menzies played in twenty-nine games for the New Zealand Kiwis, participating in three World Cups.^[1]

Coaching career

At the end of his test career Menzies became a player-coach for a New South Wales country team.^[2]

In 1974 and 1975 he was the coach of the Kiwis, taking the team to the 1975 World Cup.

Legacy

In 1989 Menzies was named as the West Coast Rugby League's best ever stand-off half.^[3]

Menzies was named one of New Zealand Rugby League's "Legends of League" in 1995.^[4]

In 2009 Menzies was named in the NZRL's team of the century.^[5]

References

↑ Top Players West Coast Rugby Football League
↑ Goodman, Tom (9 June 1963). "Hands off the Kiwis". The Sun-Herald (Australia). p. 44. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
↑ Top Players, sportingpulse.com
↑ Legends of League NZRL
↑ "Graham is best in 100 years". The Sunday Star-Times. Retrieved 1 October 2011.

Preceded by Des Barchard	Coach New Zealand Kiwis 1974-1975	Succeeded by Ron Ackland

v t e The New Zealand Rugby League Team of the Century (1907–2006)

1. Des White 2. Tom Hadfield 3. Tommy Baxter 4. Roger Bailey 5. Phillip Orchard 6. George Menzies 7. Stacey Jones 8. Cliff Johnson (c) 9. Jock Butterfield 10. Ruben Wiki 11. Mark Graham 12. Ron Ackland 13. Mel Cooke

v t e The West Coast Rugby League 75th Jubilee Team (1946-1989)

1. Don Ladner 2. Jack Forrest 3. Reese Griffiths 4. Graham Kennedy 5. Maurice Brereton 6 George Menzies 7. Gordon Smith 8. Bill McLennan 9. Jock Butterfield 10. Jack Newton 11. Charlie McBride 12. Tony Coll 13. Ken Mountford Reserves: 14. Frank Mulcare 15. Les McNichol

v t e New Zealand squad – 1954 Rugby League World Cup

Cyril Eastlake (c) Alister Atkinson (vc) Doug Anderson Jimmy Edwards Neville Denton Jim Austin Ron McKay Bill Sorensen George Menzies Len Eriksen Lory Blanchard John Bond Cliff Johnson Bill McLennan Jock Butterfield George McDonald John Yates Ian Grey Coach: Jim Amos

v t e New Zealand squad – 1957 Rugby League World Cup

Cliff Johnson (c) George Menzies (vc) Pat Creedy Vern Bakalich Neville Denton Tom Hadfield Ron Ackland Bill Sorensen George P. Turner Sel Belsham Jock Butterfield Bill McLennan Henry Maxwell Kevin Pearce Jim Riddell John Yates Rex Percy Keith Bell Coach: Bill Telford

v t e New Zealand squad – 1960 Rugby League World Cup

Ron Ackland Jock Butterfield Mel Cooke Reg Cooke Neville Denton Cyril Eastlake Reese Griffiths Tom Hadfield Cliff Johnson (c) Trevor Kilkelly Henry Maxwell George Menzies Laurie Olliff Gary Phillips Tom Reid Keith Roberts Bill Sorensen George Turner Coach: Travers Hardwick

v t e New Zealand squad – 1975 Rugby League World Cup

Ah Kuoi Barry Baxendale Beehre Brereton Coll Collicoat Conroy Dickison Dyer Eade (vc) Gordon Greengrass Gurnick Hibbs Jarvis Liavaa Matete Munro Orchard O'Sullivan Potter Proctor Smith D. Sorensen K. Sorensen Stirling (c) West Whittaker Williams J. Wright M. Wright Coach: Menzies

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Name	Menzies, George
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