Jim Bond (rugby league)
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| Full name | James Arthur Bond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Arthur Bond[2] is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand fourteen times, including captaining the side in the 1968 World Cup.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Bond played for the Papanui club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition and represented both Canterbury and the South Island.[3] He first made the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1961 when he was part of the tour of Great Britain and France. Bond was a continual selection for the Kiwis until 1964. After that year he was not selected again until the 1968 season.[citation needed]
In 1968 Bond was selected to captain the side to the 1968 World Cup.[citation needed]
Coaching career
[edit]After retirement Bond coached the University club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ BOND, James Arthur - 1961 - 63, 1968 Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- ^ a b Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.