Roger Bailey (rugby league)

Roger Bailey
Personal information
Full name Roger Wayne Bailey
Playing information
Position Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Ponsonby United
Maritime
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Auckland
1961–1970 New Zealand 30 12 0 0 36
New Zealand Māori
Source: RLP

Roger Wayne Bailey is a former New Zealand rugby league player and coach who represented his country thirty times between 1961 and 1970. His brother Gary also played for New Zealand while his brother Bob later coached New Zealand and his son David was also a professional player. Bailey is of New Zealand Māori descent.[1]

Playing career

A member of the Ponsonby club,[2] Bailey was an Auckland representative and was first picked for the New Zealand Kiwis in 1961. He went on to play thirty test matches for the Kiwis and, in 1967, captained the Kiwis in two matches.[3] Bailey also represented the New Zealand Māori side.[1]

In 1973 Bailey won the Hyland Memorial Cup as coach of the year in the Auckland Rugby League competition.

He joined the Maritime club in 1975.[4]

Awards

Bailey was inducted as a New Zealand Rugby League "Legend of League" in 1995 and is an Auckland Rugby League Immortal.[5][6]

In 2007 he was named in the New Zealand Rugby League Team of the Century at centre.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. pp. xiii. ISBN 9781869693312.
  2. ↑ Ponsonby United Rugby League Club Auckland Rugby League
  3. ↑ Bailey, Roger Wayne 1961 - 1970 - Kiwi #402 nzleague.co.nz
  4. ↑ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
  5. ↑ Legends of League New Zealand Rugby League
  6. ↑ Stacey Jones, Auckland Rugby League Immortal est1995.co.nz, 21 September 2003
  7. ↑ "Graham is best in 100 years". The Sunday Star-Times. 2 December 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2011.