Bruce Castle (rugby league)
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| Full name | Bruce Eric Castle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bruce Eric Castle is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Castle played for the Ellerslie Eagles. He also represented Auckland and was part of victories over Australia in 1961 and Great Britain in 1962.[2] He played two test matches for the New Zealand national rugby league team, including one as captain.[3]
Coaching career
[edit]Castle was the player-coach for Turvey Park in Wagga Wagga before coaching the Mangere East Hawks in the Auckland Rugby League competition.[4]
Later years
[edit]Castle was a selector for the New Zealand national rugby league team between 1999 and 2001.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Castle's wife Marlene is a four-time New Zealand Commonwealth Games lawn bowling representative.[6] Their daughter Raelene is a sports administrator, formerly a chief executive officer of Netball New Zealand and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs[7] then of Rugby Australia since December 2017.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ^ Castle, Bruce Eric[permanent dead link] nzleague.co.nz
- ^ New Bulldogs chief 'one of a kind' nzherald.co.nz, 30 May 2013
- ^ Bulldogs appoint new CEO nrl.com, 29 May 2013
- ^ "Canterbury Bulldogs boss Raelene Castle reveals her alopecia areata". Stuff. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ Castle confirmed as new Bulldogs chief smh.com.au, 29 May 2013
- ^ "Raelene Castle becomes first female chief executive of Rugby Australia". TheGuardian.com. Australian Associated Press. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.