Travers Hardwick

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Travers Hardwick
Personal information
Full name Travers Harry Hardwick
Born (1923-03-13)13 March 1923
New Zealand
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Playing information
Position Second-row, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1944–1949 Ponsonby
1950–19?? Ngaruwahia
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1945–1949 Auckland
1946–1952 New Zealand 14 4 0 0 12
1950–1952 Waikato
1953 American All Stars
Coaching information
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1956 NZ Māori
1959–1960 New Zealand 8 4 0 4 50
Source: RLP

Travers Harry Hardwick[1] (13 March 1923 – 25 April 1979) was a New Zealand rugby league player and coach who represented his country and coached them in the 1960 World Cup.

Early years

Hardwick originally played rugby union in the Wairarapa before taking up rugby league when he moved to Auckland.[2]

Playing career

Hardwick played for Ponsonby in the Auckland Rugby League competition. He first represented Auckland in 1945.

Hardwick was selected for New Zealand in 1946 and went on to play in fourteen Test matches between 1946 and 1952. He also captained the Kiwis.[3] In 1950 Hardwick moved south, joining the Ngaruwahia Panthers in the Waikato Rugby League and represented Waikato.[4]

Hardwick assisted the touring American All Stars team in 1953 due to their injury crises.[3]

Coaching career

Hardwick coached the New Zealand Māori in 1956.[3]

He coached New Zealand for two years, in 1959 and 1960. This included the 1960 World Cup. He also served as a New Zealand selector between 1971 and 1975.[5]

He was an Auckland selector in 1973.[3]

Hardwick was inducted into the New Zealand Rugby League's Legends of League in 2000.[6]

Notes

  1. HARDWICK, Travers Harry – 1946 – 52 nzleague.co.nz
  2. Coffey&Wood 2008, p. 137.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Coffey&Wood 2008, p. ?.
  4. In Touch nzrl.co.nz, October 2011
  5. Air New Zealand Rugby League Annual 1977 New Zealand Rugby League, 1977. p.18.
  6. Legends of League nzrl.co.nz

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Coach
New Zealand Kiwis

1959–1960
Succeeded by
Des White