Bruce Gall is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.[1]
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| Full name | Bruce Percy Gall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career edit
Gall played in the Taranaki Rugby League and represented Taranaki. In 1976 Gall played for the North Island against the touring Sydney Metropolitan side.[2]
In 1979 he played for the Central Districts side that won the Inter-Districts competition.[3]
He was selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team on the 1980 tour of Great Britain and France. Gall did not play in a test match but did play in 8 games for the Kiwis, scoring 3 tries. In 1982 Gall played in three test matches for New Zealand against Australia and Papua New Guinea, scoring one try.[4]
Gall moved to Sydney in 1983, joining the Balmain Tigers in the NSWRL Premiership. He played in eleven matches over two seasons, scoring one try.[1]
Legacy edit
In 2008 he was named in the Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Air New Zealand Rugby League Annual 1977 New Zealand Rugby League, 1977. p.p.10-11.
- ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ^ GALL, Bruce Percy - 1980, 1982[permanent dead link] nzleague.co.nz
- ^ "Dream team of century is named". Taranaki Daily News. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2011.