Bill McKenzie (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adrian William McKenzie | |||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Unknown (CRL) | ||||||
| Unknown (ARL) | ||||||
| Ngaruawahia (WRL) | ||||||
| 1952 | Marist (CRL) | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Canterbury | ||||||
| 1947–1952 | South Island | |||||
| 1947–1952 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1950 | Auckland | |||||
| 1950 | North Island | |||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Bill McKenzie was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country.
Playing career
McKenzie played in the Canterbury Rugby League competition and represented Canterbury.[2]
In 1947 he was first selected for the New Zealand Kiwis, however he did not make his test debut until 1949 against Australia.[3] He had earlier in the tour played against Australia for the South Island.
In 1950 he moved north and represented both Auckland and the North Island.[2] He also played for the Ngaruawahia club in the Waikato Rugby League competition.[4]
In 1952 he returned home, joining the newly formed Marist club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition. This helped relaunch his career and he was again selected for New Zealand, after a three year absence.[2]
References
- ↑ Bill McKenzie rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987
- ↑ McKENZIE, Adrian William (1947 - 49, 1952) nzleague.co.nz
- ↑ In Touch nzrl.co.nz, October 2011