Bruce Castle (rugby league)
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| Full name | Bruce Eric Castle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bruce Eric Castle is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.[1]
Playing career[edit]
Castle played for the Ellerslie Eagles. In 1966 he won the Rothville Trophy as the Auckland Rugby League competition player of the year.[citation needed]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Castle was a selector for the New Zealand national rugby league team between 1999 and 2001.[5]
Personal life[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ a b "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[permanent dead link] 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.
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby league administrators
- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand national rugby league team players
- Auckland rugby league team players
- Ellerslie Eagles players
- New Zealand national rugby league team captains
- Rugby league locks
- New Zealand rugby league coaches
- Mangere East Hawks coaches