Tom Hadfield (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bernard Thomas Hadfield | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Northern Districts | ||||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Auckland | ||||||
| 1956–1961 | New Zealand | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Rest of the World | 1 | |||||
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Bernard Thomas "Tom" Hadfield is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country in the 1957 and 1960 World Cups and retired as the highest try-scorer in the New Zealand national side's history.
Playing career
A Northcote Tigers player, Hadfield was an Auckland representative. He was part of the Northcote club during the Auckland Rugby League's district era and so played for Northern Districts - an amalgamation of the Northcote and North Shore clubs.[1]
Hadfield first made the New Zealand Kiwis in 1956. He went on to play 15 Tests for the Kiwis, including at the 1957 and 1960 World Cups. After the 1960 World Cup Tom played for the Rest of the World vs Great Britain.[2] He finished his career with a then record 15 tries for the Kiwis, five more than the previous record.[3] As of 2010 he is 6th equal highest tryscorer for the Kiwis.[4]
He was inducted into the New Zealand Rugby League's "Legends of League" in 2010.[5] In 2009 he was named as a member of the New Zealand Rugby League Team of the Century and in 2010 he was made a Legends of Harbour by Harbour Sport.[6][7][8]
References
- ↑ History Northcote & Birkenhead Tigers Rugby League & Sports Club Inc.
- ↑ Hadfield, Bernard Thomas 1956 - 61 - Kiwi #375 nzleague.co.nz
- ↑ Rugby League Football An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Accessed from Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand on 1 December 2010, last updated 23 April 2009
- ↑ Playing Records nzrl.co.nz
- ↑ Legends of League nzrl.co.nz
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2010 Massey University Harbour Sport Excellence Awards harboursport.co.nz
- ↑ Team Of The Century nzrl.co.nz
