Bruce McPhail
New Zealand rugby union player (1937–2020)
Rugby player
Birth name | Bruce Eric McPhail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1937-01-26)26 January 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ashburton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 21 July 2020(2020-07-21) (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Hamilton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Ashburton High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bruce Eric McPhail (26 January 1937 – 21 July 2020) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing, McPhail represented Mid Canterbury, Canterbury, and Nelson at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1959. He played two matches for the All Blacks, both of them tests against the touring British Lions.[1]
McPhail died in Hamilton on 21 July 2020.[2]
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