Roger Tait
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roger Bruce Tait[1] | |||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | fullback, centre, stand-off | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Huntly United | ||||||
| Glenora Bears | ||||||
| Papakura Sea Eagles | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1961 | Waikato | |||||
| 1963–1968 | Auckland | |||||
| 1965–1968 | New Zealand | 11 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 31 |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Roger Tait is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented his country in the 1968 World Cup.
Playing career
Tait grew up in Huntly and played for Huntly United.[2] In 1961 he represented Waikato.[3]
Tait then transferred to Auckland, playing for the Glenora Bears in the Auckland Rugby League competition. By 1963 Tait captained Auckland against South Africa, with Auckland winning 10-4.[4]
During the 1964 season Tait scored 203 points for Glenora. He was first selected for the New Zealand Kiwis in 1965 and went onto play in eleven tests for his country, including three matches at the 1968 World Cup.
Tait later played for the Papakura Sea Eagles.[5]
References
- ↑ TAIT, Roger Bruce - 1965 - 68 nzleague.co.nz
- ↑ Huntly duo paved the way New Zealand Herald, 6 February 2011
- ↑ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 127. ISBN 9781869693312.
- ↑ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ↑ Papakura Sea Eagles Club Historical Information Auckland Rugby League, 2009
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