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New Zealand rugby league footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bernard John Green (c. 1959 – 8 September 2009) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.
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Full name | Bernard John Green[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | New Zealand | 15 April 1959||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 September 2006 47) Blackball, New Zealand | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Green played in the West Coast Rugby League competition and represented the West Coast.
In 1980 he played for the South Island in the New Zealand Rugby League's inter-district competition.[3] He was then selected for the New Zealand squad that was touring Great Britain and France, becoming Kiwi number 556. He played in 5 games and scored 2 tries on tour, but did not play in any of the test matches.
In 1981 Green played for the South Island against the touring French side.[3]
In 1986 Green was part of the Runanga side that won the West Coast premiership.[4] In 1987 Runanga again won the West Coast title, and Green was part of the West Coast B side that won the South Island second division. Green was Runanga's player-coach in 1989 and again played for the West Coast.
A miner, Green died on 8 September 2006 during a rockfall at the Roa mine.[5][6]
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