Rod MacKenzie (rugby union player)

Rod MacKenzie

Full name	Roderick McCulloch MacKenzie
Date of birth	16 September 1909
Place of birth	Rakaia, New Zealand
Date of death	24 March 2000 (aged 90)
Place of death	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
School	Feilding Convent School
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Flanker, lock
New Zealand No.	403
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1930–33 1934–39	Manawhenua Manawatu
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1934–38	New Zealand	9	(0)

Roderick McCulloch "Rod" MacKenzie (16 September 1909 – 24 March 2000) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A flanker and lock, MacKenzie represented Manawhenua and Manawatu at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1934 to 1938. He played 35 matches for the All Blacks—three of which were as captain— including nine internationals.^[1]

During World War II, MacKenzie served with the New Zealand Tank Brigade,^[2] and played in services rugby matches in the United Kingdom for New Zealand Services and Combined Dominions, and twice turned out for Scotland in services internationals.^[1]

MacKenzie died in Auckland on 24 March 2000,^[1] and was buried at Kelvin Grove Cemetery in Palmerston North.^[3]

References

1. Luxford, Bob. "Rod MacKenzie". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
2. "Big rugby match". New Zealand Herald. 17 June 1942. p. 5. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
3. "Cemetery and cremation detail". Palmerston North City Council. Retrieved 17 September 2015.