George Menzies
| Playing information | ||||||
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| 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 |
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