Sir Colin Earl MeadsKNZM MBE (3 June 1936 – 20 August 2017) was a New Zealand rugby union player. He played 55 test matches (133 games), most frequently in the lock forward position, for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks, from 1957 until 1971.
Meads is widely considered one of the greatest players in history. Nicknamed 'Pinetree' due to his physical presence, he was an
icon within New Zealand rugby, and was named the country's Player of the Century at the NZRFU Awards in 1999.
Player of the Century at the NZRFU Awards in 1999. Colin Earl Meads was born to Vere Meads and Ida Meads (née Gray) on 3 June 1936, in the town of Cambridge...
Stanley Thomas Meads (born 12 July 1938) is a New Zealand former rugby union player and brother of ColinMeads. He played as a lock, number eight and...
named after famous New Zealand players: The Meads Cup, the more prestigious trophy, named after ColinMeads. The Lochore Cup, named after Brian Lochore...
Blacks." The coaching team had also done important reconnaissance work. ColinMeads said Mervyn Davies was "the one player who probably had the biggest impact...
The Meads Cup is a rugby union trophy named after King Country and All Blacks player ColinMeads. It is contested during the Heartland Championship. It...
occasions. Wilcox was born Rhonda Earlene Meads on 3 November 1961, the daughter of Colin and Verna Meads. Her father was a leading rugby union player...
has earned frequent comparisons to the late former All Black lock, Sir ColinMeads. Retallick played for the Hawkes Bay Magpies in the 2010 and 2011 ITM...
Black of the century, Sir ColinMeads. Kevin Boroevich Ronald Bryers Phil Coffin Jack McLean Sir ColinMeads Stanley Meads Bill Phillips Graham Whiting...
Ruth". Meads, nicknamed Pinetree, played 133 games for New Zealand, including 55 tests. In 1999 the New Zealand Rugby Monthly magazine named Meads the New...
had a status in New Zealand rugby comparable to that of his teammate, ColinMeads. Born in Auckland on 21 February 1938, Tremain was educated at Auckland...
entered a single-elimination playoff for the Meads and Lochore Cups. The cups were named after ColinMeads and Brian Lochore, both legendary players for...
England. Temple Meads was opened on 31 August 1840, as the western terminus of the Great Western Railway. The railway, including Temple Meads, was the first...
best embodied by All Black ColinMeads. Voted 'New Zealand player of the century' by New Zealand Rugby Monthly magazine, Meads was the second All Black...
was still supposedly an amateur sport. The Cavaliers were coached by ColinMeads, managed by Ian Kirkpatrick and captained by Andy Dalton and won just...
the 1968 series in Australia in Sydney, a game equally remembered for ColinMeads' crude attempt to clear Wallaby scrumhalf Ken Catchpole from a ruck,...
Larry McMurtry, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2021) 1936 – ColinMeads, New Zealand rugby player and coach (d. 2017) 1937 – Jean-Pierre Jaussaud...
Taumarunui High School and played junior rugby for King Country with ColinMeads. He studied dentistry at the University of Otago and broke into the Otago...
South African side has rebuffed these claims and New Zealand manager ColinMeads has attributed the poisoning to "dodgy milk" rather than an intentional...
option has been taken up by 72 of those affected, including rugby great ColinMeads. Former Labour MP Margaret Shields was one of those who accepted a Damehood...
players who became All Blacks: Kevin Boroevich, Ronald Bryers, ColinMeads, Stan Meads, Jack McLean, Bill Phillips, Joe Ratima and Graham Whiting. The...
USS Harris, a transport ship launched in 1921 Pinetree, nickname of ColinMeads (1936–2017), New Zealand rugby union footballer Pinetree Line, a North-American...
with 55, in honour of legendary club and national rugby hero All Black ColinMeads. The rugby team of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University...
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