Ian Andrew Kirkpatrick

Surname:

Kirkpatrick

First names:

Ian Andrew

All Black Player No:

666

All Black games played:

112

All Black years:

1967 - 1977

Clubs:

Rangiora
Ngatapa

Provincial teams:

NZ Under 23 1967
NZ Under 23 Trial 1967
Sth Island Trial 1967
NZ XV 1968
Sth Island 1968, 1969
Canterbury 1967, 1968, 1969
Canterbury SU 1967, 1969
Poverty Bay 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
I A Kirkpatrick's XV 1973
NZ Barbarians 1972, 1973
North Island 1971, 1972
Poverty Bay, East Coast combined 1966, 1971, 1972
Nth Island Trial 1970, 1971
NZ Trial 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971

Provincial captain:

South Island 1969
North Island 1972, 1973
Poverty Bay 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978
Poverty Bay/East Coast combined 1971
NZ Barbarians 1977
Harlequins 1977
Wasps 1975, 1979

Country captain:

All Blacks 1972, 1972/73, 1973

Biography:

1966: Flanker - 7 games - 1 try (3 pts)
1966: PB/EC combined: Flanker - 3 games - 1 try (3 pts)
1967: AB's: Flanker - 1 test, 5 tour games, No 8 - 2 tour games -
6 tries (18 pts)
1967: Flanker - 8 games - 1 try (3 pts)
1967: SU: Sub - 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1967: NZ Under 23: Lock - 1 game
1967: NZ Trial: No 8 - 1 game
1967: Sth Island Possibles: No 8 - 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1967: NZ Under 23 Trial: No 8 - 1 game
1968: AB's: No 8 - 2 tests, 1 tour game, Flanker - 2 tests, 2 tour games, Sub - 1 test - 5 tries (15 pts)
1968: NZ XV: No 8 - 1 game
1968: Flanker - 10 games - 3 tries (9 pts)
1968: Sth Island: No 8 - 1 game
1968: Possibles: No 8 - 1 game
1969: AB's: Flanker - 2 tests - 1 try (3 pts)
1969: Flanker - 13 games - 8 tries (24 pts)
1969: SU: No 8 - 1 game
1969: Sth Island: Flanker - 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1969: Possibles: Flanker - 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1970: AB's: Flanker - 4 tests, 11 tour games, Sub - 1 tour game - 7 tries (21 pts)
1970: Flanker - 5 games
1970: Possibles: Flanker - 1 game
1970: N I Possibles: Flanker - 1 game
1971: AB's: Flanker - 4 tests - 1 try (3 pts)
1971: Flanker - 5 games - 5 tries (15 pts)
1971: PB/EC combined: Flanker - 2 games - 1 try (3 pts)
1971: Nth Island: Flanker - 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1971: NZ Possibles: Flanker - 1 game
1971: Probables: Flanker - 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1972: Flanker [8], No 8 [1] - 9 games - 3 tries (12 pts)
1972: PB/EC: Flanker - 1 game
1972: 2nd Possibles: Flanker - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1972: Nth Island: Flanker - 1 game
1972: NZ Barbarians: No 8 - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1972: AB's: Flanker - 3 tests, 9 tour games - 9 tries (36 pts)
1972/73: AB's: Flanker - 5 tests, 19 tour games - 7 tries (28 pts)
1973: AB's: Flanker - 1 test, 4 tour games - 1 try (4 pts)
1973: North Island: Flanker - 1 game
1973: 2nd Possibles: Flanker - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1973: Flanker - 9 games - 4 tries (16 pts)
1973: NZ Barbarians: Flanker - 2 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1973: I A Kirkpatrick's XV: Flanker - 1 game
1974: AB's: Flanker - 4 tests, 9 tour games, No 8 - 1 tour game, (C) - 1 tour game - 9 tries (36 pts)
1974: Probables: Flanker - 1 game
1974: 1st Probables: Flanker - 1 game
1974: Flanker - 10 games - 4 tries (16 pts)
1974: Nth Island: Flanker - 1 game
1974: Harlequins: Flanker - 1 game
1975: AB's: Flanker - 1 test
1975: NZ Trial: Flanker - 1 game
1975: Nth Island: Flanker - 1 game
1975: Wasps: Flanker - 1 game
1975: Flanker - 12 games - 6 tries (24 pts)
1976: AB's: Flanker - 5 tests, 9 tour games - 3 tries (12 pts)
1976: NZ Trial: Flanker - 1 game
1976: Harlequins: Flanker - 1 game
1976: Flanker - 3 games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1977: AB's: Flanker - 4 tests - 1 try (4 pts)
1977: NZ Trial: Flanker - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1977: NZ Barbarians: Flanker - 2 games - 3 tries (12 pts)
1977: World Invitation XV: Flanker (1), No 8 (1) - 2 games
1977: Harlequins: Flanker - 1 game
1977: Flanker - 10 games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1977: Poverty Bay/East Coast Combined: Flanker - 2 games
1978: Flanker - 13 games - 3 tries (12 pts)
1978: Saracens: Flanker - 1 game
1978: Harlequins: Flanker - 1 game
1978: Vikings XV: Flanker - 1 game
1978: Zingari-Richmond Invitation XV: No 8 - 1 game
1978: Poverty Bay/East Coast Combined: Flanker - 1 game
1979: Flanker - 2 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1979: Wasps: Flanker - 1 game
1980: Congress XV: No 8 - 1 game

Sub Total: AB's: 112 games (180 pts)
Prov: Ca: 31 games (36 pts): PB: 85 games (118 pts)
Others: 54 games (49 pts)

Total: 282 games (383 pts)

2014: Inducted World Rugby Hall of Fame

Born: 24 May 1946

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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