Waka Nathan
Waka Joseph Nathan ( born July 8, 1940 in Auckland, New Zealand ) is a former New Zealand rugby union player in the position of winger.
He went as a student to the Mangere Central Primary School and the Otahuhu College. In college, he played in the 1956 and 1957 in its first rugby team. Rugby club he played at the local Otahuhu RFC. At age 19, he was appointed for the first time in the national team of Auckland RFU 1959. He also toured in the same year with the selection of the New Zealand Māori through the Pacific. In 1960 he won the Ranfurly Shield with Auckland North Auckland against the RFU. Then he could with his province until 1963 to defend the Shield in 25 games. In a defensive game against the Canterbury RFU was able to put him in a last-minute attempt that secured the win.
During the years 1960 and 1961, he again played for the New Zealand Māori, before he made his debut in 1962 for the New Zealand national team ( All Blacks ) on their tour in Australia. There he played in two international matches against the Australian national team ( Wallabies ). The return visit of the Australians in the same year he again played in all three games. With a total of four wins and one draw succeeded in All Blacks Bledisloe Cup to defend successfully.
1963 and 1964 he toured with the All Blacks in Europe, where he played in two of five internationals against France and Wales. Both games were won by the All Blacks.
Due to a leg injury he fell in the course of 1964 and 1965 in a large extent. Thus he missed the victory of the New Zealanders in the international game series against the touring South African team ( Springboks ), but could compete with the New Zealand Māori against the Springboks.
Against the 1966 touring British and Irish Lions in New Zealand, he played in all four internationals that the All Blacks could all decide for themselves. In the third match Nathan thereby pass two tests.
The following year he defended with the All Blacks Bledisloe Cup back to again and toured with them in Europe, where he played but because of an injury in any of the internationals. He then played two years continue to rugby, but made it no longer in the squad team.
After his retirement from rugby in 1982 he was the team manager of the New Zealand Māori on their tour in Wales, 2003/ 04, the President of the Auckland RFU.