Maunga Emery
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hone Komanga Emery[1] | |||||
| Born | 1931/1932 New Zealand | |||||
| Died | 1 September 2011 (aged 79) Middlemore Hospital, Auckland | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1952–1957 | Combined Services | |||||
| 1954–1959 | Auckland | |||||
| 1954–1958 | New Zealand Māori | |||||
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Glenora Bears | ||||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1961–1967 | Auckland | |||||
| 1961–1966 | New Zealand | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1962–1967 | New Zealand Māori | |||||
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Maunga Emery (1931/1932 – 1 September 2011) was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented his country in rugby league and the New Zealand Māori in rugby union.
Rugby union career
Emery represented the Auckland Rugby Union between 1954 and 1959 and played for the New Zealand Māori rugby union team from 1954 to 1958.[2] Between 1952 and 1957 he also played for the Combined Services side.[3]
Rugby league career
Emery played for the Glenora Bears in the Auckland Rugby League competition. He made his New Zealand Kiwis debut in 1961 against Australia. That same year Emery was also part of the Auckland side that defeated Australia for the first time.[4]
Emery played for Auckland between 1961 and 1966 and New Zealand Māori in 1962 and 1967.[3]
He finished his career having played 23 Test matches for New Zealand.
Family
Emery is the grandfather of New Zealand rugby league international Stacey Jones.[5] His Great Grandson, Jason Emery, made the New Zealand Schools rugby union team in 2010.[6]
Emery died on 1 September 2011 at Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, aged 79.[2][7]
References
- ↑ Maunga Emery scrum.com
- 1 2 "League great Hone 'Maunga' Emery dies". stuff.co.nz. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- 1 2 Maunga Emery maorisportsawards
- ↑ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ↑ Coffey and Wood The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League ISBN 1-86971-090-8
- ↑ Emery boasts legends' genes Manawatu Standard, 29 September 2010
- ↑ Johnson, Chloe (4 September 2011). "Hone Emery was a great influence". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 16 July 2015.