Bill McKenzie (rugby league)

Bill McKenzie

Personal information
Full name	Adrian William McKenzie
Born	New Zealand
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Unknown (CRL) Unknown (ARL) Ngaruawahia (WRL) 1952 Marist (CRL) Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P Canterbury 1947–52 South Island 1947–52 New Zealand 3 1 0 0 3 1950 Auckland 1950 North Island
Source: [1]

Bill McKenzie was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.^[1]

Playing career

McKenzie played in the Canterbury Rugby League competition and represented Canterbury.^[2]

In 1947 he was first selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team, however he did not make his test debut until 1949 against Australia.^[3] He had earlier in the tour played against Australia for the South Island.

In 1950 he moved north and represented both Auckland and the North Island.^[2] He also played for the Ngaruawahia club in the Waikato Rugby League competition.^[4]

In 1952 he returned home, joining the newly formed Marist club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition. This helped relaunch his career and he was again selected for New Zealand, after a three-year absence.^[2]

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987
3. McKENZIE, Adrian William (1947 - 49, 1952)^{[permanent dead link‍]} nzleague.co.nz
4. In Touch nzrl.co.nz, October 2011