Pat Walsh (rugby union)
As of August 20, 2010
Patrick Timothy Walsh ( born May 6, 1936 in Kaitaia, New Zealand, † November 23, 2007 in Auckland, New Zealand) was a New Zealand rugby union player at the position of the outer three- quarter, Indoor Three Quarter and final man, and after his playing career a rugby official and - trainer. Full-time, he worked first as a teacher, then as a retail salesman and most recently as travel agent.
He went to Auckland on the Sacred Heart College and the Ardmore Teachers' Training College to school. His first rugby club was the team of Südaucklander Ardmore Teachers' Training College. From there, he made it with 18 years in the second team of the Auckland RFU. Later he played for also based in South Auckland Papakura clubs RFC Waiuku District RFC and RFC Manurewa. When the clubs in the southern suburbs of Auckland in 1955 separated from the Auckland RFU and the Provincial Association Counties Manukau Rugby Union founded, Ardmore was also included. He was 19 years old the first national player of the new association, after they had called him in the same year in the New Zealand national team ( All Blacks ). On August 20, he made his international debut as an inner three-quarters against Australia ( Wallabies ) in the first game of the Bledisloe Cup in 1955. The game won by the All Blacks with 16:8. In the next two internationals against Australia, he ran on the position of the final man. With two wins and one loss, the All Blacks were able to defend the Cup successfully. Previously, he made his debut with the New Zealand Māori, for which he was eligible to play due to its māorischen origin. At the end of the 1955 season he was named the best māoristämmigen Rugby Player of the Year.
Walsh's greatest triumph in rugby followed a year later when he won the international game series against the touring New Zealand in the South African national team ( Springboks ) for with the All Blacks. It was the first defeat of the Springboks in an international game series ever. The New Zealanders won three of four matches and lost one. Walsh played in the first two matches as goalkeeper. After opening victory and defeat in the second game he was replaced by Don Clarke in the third game. However, he then ran for the New Zealand Māori on against South Africa in their 12:37 defeat. Then he stood in the fourth international match of the tour as an inner three-quarters back in the starting lineup of the national team. With a 11:5 the All Blacks sealed their victory in the international game series in 1956.
1957 and 1958 Walsh defended with the All Blacks Bledisloe Cup successfully against Australia. He also led the team of New Zealand Māori in 1958 as captain on their tour in Australia. This year, he was re-elected māoristämmigen best rugby players.
On the tour of the British and Irish Lions in New Zealand in 1959, he played in the first match for the All Blacks against the Lions. The New Zealanders won the game extremely tight with 18:17. In addition, he was again captain of the New Zealand Māori in their game against the Lions. As their captain he managed a victory against France in 1961.
Because of its Māoriherkunft he was in 1960 not to participate in the All- Black tour to South Africa, since the Guinean apartheid regime Māori banned in South Africa rugby with and play against whites, what the New Zealand Rugby Union New Zealand Rugby Football Union ( NZRU ) and the New Zealand governments, despite some fierce criticism accepted until the late 1960s.
From 1961 to 1962 he played for the Auckland RFU and was at her former record defending the Ranfurly Shields involved ( 1960-1963: 25 games).
1963/64, he toured with the All Blacks in Europe. Due to a severe leg injury he came only to twelve missions, none of which was an international match. The injury was so severe that the doctors had initially predicted that he will never be able to go. This forecast is not confirmed, but he had to withdraw from active rugby. He then became involved as a functionary at the Manurewa Rugby RFC, the Counties Manukau Counties as well as the NZRU and coached Counties Manukau.
Walsh died on 23 November 2007 at the age of 71 in Auckland of cancer.