Brian James (Sir) Lochore

Surname:

Lochore

First names:

Brian James (Sir)

All Black Player No:

637

All Black games played:

All Black years:

1963 - 1971

Clubs:

Masterton

Provincial teams:

NZ Trial 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
Nth Island Trial 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970
Wairarapa 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
Wairarapa, Bush combined 1965, 1966
Wairarapa Bush 1971
Centurions 1970
Nth Island 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
Whineray XV 1966

Provincial captain:

North Island 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
Wairarapa 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
Wairarapa, Bush combined 1965, 1966

Country captain:

New Zealand 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970

Biography:

1962: Lock - 9 games - 1 try (3 pts)
1963: AB's: No 8 - 2 tests, 13 tour games, Lock - 1 tour game - 1 try (3 pts)
1963: NZ Trial: Lock [2], Flanker [2] - 4 games
1963: Lock [6], Flanker [4] - 10 games - 2 tries (6 pts)
1964: Nth Island: Lock - 1 game
1964: Lock - 13 games - 2 tries (6 pts)
1965: AB's: No 8 - 4 tests
1965: Nth Island: No 8 - 1 game
1965: NZ XV: No 8 - 1 game
1965: No 8 - 8 games - 1 try (3 pts)
1965: Wair/Bu combined: No 8 - 1 game
1965: Nth Island Possibles: No 8 - 1 game
1966: AB's: No 8 - 4 tests - 1 try (3 pts)
1966: Nth Island: No 8 - 1 game
1966: NZ XV: No 8 - 1 game
1966: Lock [7], No 8 [2] - 9 games
1966: W/B combined: No 8 - 1 game
1966: Nth Island Possibles: No 8 - 1 game
1966: Whineray XV: No 8 - 1 game
1967: AB's: No 8 - 5 test, 9 tour games, Lock - 1 tour game
1967: Nth Island: No 8 - 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1967: No 8 - 11 games - 2 tries (6 pts)
1967: NZ Trial: No 8 - 1 game
1967: Nth Island Probables: No 8 - 1 game
1968: AB's: No 8 - 3 tests, 6 tour games - 3 tries (9 pts)
1968: No 8 - 2 games
1968: Nth Island: No 8 - 1 game
1968: Probables: No 8 - 1 game
1969: AB's: No 8 - 2 tests - 1 try (3 pts)
1969: Lock - 10 games - 2 tries (6 pts)
1969: Nth Island: No 8 - 1 game
1969: Probables: No 8 - 1 game
1970: AB's: No 8 - 4 tests, 13 tour games - 1 try (3 pts)
1970: No 8 - 3 games - 1 try (3 pts)
1970: Centurions: No 8 - 1 game
1970: Possibles: No 8 - 1 game
1970: N I Probables: No 8 - 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1971: AB's: Lock - 1 test
1971: Lock - 1 game
1973: President's & Invitation XV's : Lock - 2 games

Sub Total: AB's: 68 games (21 pts)
Prov: WB: 1 game: Wair: 75 games (33 pts)
Others: 25 games (6 pts)

Total: 169 games (57 pts)

2003: Steinlager Salver (For Outstanding Service to Rugby)
2011: Inducted World Rugby Hall of Fame

Born: 3 Sep 1940
Died: 3 Aug 2019

Endorsement

It gives me great pleasure to write this character reference about this website. There would not be a person in this country who doesn’t know that rugby is the national game of New Zealand. The passion runs deep and the profile and exposure of the sport is without peer. A fair chunk of our heroes come from the game and nothing affects the mental psychology of the people more than rugby. Not even politics.

Because of this rich feeling, discussions in society are often based around the game and on the players involved. Memories tend to play tricks on people. They can fade and forget and get things muddled up. For nearly 90 years New Zealand rugby enthusiasts have been superbly served by the Rugby Almanack. It remains the definitive source of information from each season despite the advancement of technology.

However, we must accept that technology has advanced and like rugby, we therefore need to embrace the good that comes with that change. www.rugbyhistory.co.nz is the best rugby history site that is available. It provides comprehensive records of the All Blacks, all the Super rugby sides and most impressively of all, places a large emphasis on the national provincial competition, which remains such a crucial part of the fabric in New Zealand.

Kery Geertson’s dedication to this growing rugby treasure can not be denied. It continues to grow, mature and impress. To paraphrase the late, great Terry McLean www.rugbyhistory.co.nz should be stored as a favourite website for every rugby lover; it provides facts and fairness and hours of one of life’s greatest pleasures – browsing.

Grant Hassall
Wannabe Rugby Historian
New Plymouth

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