Len Eriksen

Len Eriksen is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand in the 1954 World Cup.

Len Eriksen

Personal information
Full name	Leonard Alfred Eriksen[1]
Born	New Zealand
Playing information
Position	Scrum-half
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Ponsonby Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P Auckland 1954 New Zealand 3 1 0 0 3
Source: [2]

Playing career

A Ponsonby player in the Auckland Rugby League competition. Eriksen was part of the Auckland side that defeated Great Britain 5-4 at Carlaw Park. He was selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1954 and played in three test matches that year, including at the 1954 World Cup.^{[citation needed]}

In 1958 he was part of the Ponsonby side that won the first ever Auckland grand final, defeating Otahuhu 16-7.^[3]

References

1. ERIKSEN, Leonard Alfred - 1954 Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018. ^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.