Billy Curran
Billy Curran is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.
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Full name | William Curran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
Curran was playing rugby union in Auckland before switching codes and joining the Newton Rangers. He played one match for Newton on June 8 against Manukau and was then selected for representative matches. He debuted for Auckland and played 6 matches for them in the same season. He was selected to tour Australia in 1912 for New Zealand.[1]
In December 1912 he left for England, after being signed by Wigan on the recommendation of George A. Gillett.[2] He played three seasons for Wigan, being part of Lancashire League winning sides each year.[3]
gollark: CB-ishly, yes.
gollark: Coppers are quite rare, and 2G coppers are hard to breed.
gollark: Probably exclamation mark.
gollark: **F**xenowyrms.
gollark: I kind of prefer ashes to boreals.
References
- CURRAN, William - 1912 nzleague.co.nz
- John Coffey and Bernie Wood, The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League, Hodder Moa, Auckland, 2007, p. 45.
- Billy Curran wigan.rlfans.com
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