Rata Harrison

Rata Harrison
Born	Rata Wiremu Harrison (1935-01-03)3 January 1935 New Zealand
Died	30 April 2013(2013-04-30) (aged 78) New Zealand
Relatives	Billy Harrison (brother)
Rugby league career
Playing information
Position	Prop
Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1961–62 Auckland 1961 New Zealand 2 0 0 0 0 1962 NZ Māori 1 0 1 0 2
Source: [1]

Rata Wiremu Harrison (3 January 1935 – 30 April 2013) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.

He was the brother of fellow New Zealand international Billy Harrison.^[2]

Playing career

Harrison played for Auckland.^[3] He played in two test matches for New Zealand in 1961, against France.^[1][4]

On 13 August 1962, Harrison was part of the Auckland side who defeated Great Britain 46-13 at Carlaw Park. This was the first televised rugby league match in New Zealand, as one hour of edited highlights were shown on AKTV2 that night and other regional channels showed the highlights the following week.^[5]

Harrison died on 30 April 2013.^[6]

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. "New Zealand team to tour England and France". The Press. Vol. 100, no. 29561. 10 July 1941. p. 8. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
3. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
4. Kiwis Roll of Honour A - Z Archived 2013-02-22 at archive.today nzrl.co.nz
5. Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
6. Rata Harrison nzherald.co.nz, 2 May 2013