Jack McLeod (rugby league)
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Full name | John McLeod | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row, Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack McLeod is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.[2]
Playing career[]
McLeod played for Taranaki and Auckland. He transferred from Taranaki in 1937 and joined the Richmond Rovers club. While there McLeod was selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1937, playing against Australia.[3] He toured Australia with New Zealand in 1938 however no test matches were played on the tour.
Four days after the 1937 test, McLeod was part of the New Zealand Māori side that defeated Australia 16-5.[4]
Legacy[]
In 2008 he was named in the Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Papers Past". Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ McLEOD, John - 1937 - 38[permanent dead link] nzleague.co.nz
- ^ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2.
- ^ "Dream team of century is named". Taranaki Daily News. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
Categories:
- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand Māori rugby league players
- New Zealand Māori rugby league team players
- New Zealand national rugby league team players
- Taranaki rugby league team players
- Richmond Bulldogs players
- Auckland rugby league team players
- Rugby league second-rows
- Rugby league locks
- Manukau Magpies players
- Living people