Bruce Castle (rugby league)
Bruce Eric Castle is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.[1]
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| Full name | Bruce Eric Castle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
Castle played for the Ellerslie Eagles. In 1966 he won the Rothville Trophy as the Auckland Rugby League competition player of the year.
He also represented Auckland and was part of victories over Australia in 1961 and Great Britain in 1962.[2]
Castle played two test matches for the New Zealand national rugby league team, including one as captain.[3]
Coaching career
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
Castle was a selector for the New Zealand national rugby league team between 1999 and 2001.[5]
Personal life
His wife, Marlene Castle, is a four-times New Zealand Commonwealth Games lawn bowls representative.[6]
His daughter, Raelene Castle, is a sports administrator who served as the Chief Executive Officer of Netball New Zealand and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs[7] before becoming CEO of Rugby Australia in December 2017.[8]
References
- "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 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.