Ian Robert MacRae

Surname:

MacRae

First names:

Ian Robert

All Black Player No:

642

All Black games played:

All Black years:

1963 - 1970

Clubs:

Marists
St Michaels OB
Napier Marist OB

Provincial teams:

West Coast 1961
Bay of Plenty 1962
NZ Colts Trial 1964
NZ Colts 1964
NZ Trial 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970
Nth Island Trial 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970
Hawkes Bay 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971
Olympians 1972
Saracens 1978
Centurions 1964, 1970
Nth Island 1964, 1967, 1969

Biography:

1961: 2/5 [9], Centre [1] - 10 games - 1 try (3 pts)
1962: Centre - 7 games - 2 tries (6 pts)
1963: AB's: Centre - 17 tour games - 6 tries (18 pts)
1963: NZ Trial: Centre - 3 games - 1 try (3 pts)
1963: Centre - 10 games - 9 tries (27 pts)
1964: Nth Island: Centre - 1 game
1964: Colts: Centre [2], Wing [1] - 3 games - 4 tries (12 pts)
1964: Colts Trial: Centre - 1 game
1964: Centre [11], 2/5 [2] - 13 games - 9 tries, 1 DG (30 pts)
1964: Centurions: Centre - 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1965: Rest of NZ: Centre - 1 game
1965: Centre - 8 games - 5 tries (15 pts)
1965: NZ Trial Possibles: Centre - 1 game
1965: Nth Island Possibles: Centre - 1 game
1966: AB's: 2/5 - 4 tests - 1 try (3 pts)
1966: NZ XV: 2/5 - 1 game
1966: Centre [5], 2/5 [5] - 10 games - 2 tries (6 pts)
1966: Nth Island Probables: Centre - 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1967: AB's: 2/5 - 5 tests, 4 tour games (2 as Captain) -
2 tries (6 pts)
1967: Nth Island: Centre - 1 game
1967: 2/5 - 12 games - 5 tries (15 pts)
1967: NZ Trial: Centre - 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1967: Nth Island Possibles: 2/5 - 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1968: AB's: Centre - 1 test, 2/5 - 1 test
1968: 2/5 [5], Centre [1] - 6 games - 1 try (3 pts)
1969: AB's: 2/5 - 2 tests - 1 try (3 pts)
1969: 2/5 [6], Centre [5] - 11 games - 5 tries (15 pts)
1969: Nth Island: 2/5 - 1 game
1969: Possibles: 2/5 - 1 game
1970: AB's: 2/5 - 4 tests, 2/5 - 7 tour games - 4 tries (12 pts)
1970: 2/5 - 3 games - 1 try (3 pts)
1970: Centurions: Centre - 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1970: Probables: 2/5 - 1 game
1970: N I Possibles: 2/5 - 1 game
1971: 2/5 [9], Centre [3] - 12 games - 3 tries (9 pts)
1972: Olympians: 2/5 - 1 game
1978: Saracens: Sub - 1 game

Sub Total: AB's: 45 games (42 pts)
Prov: BoP: 7 games (6 pts): HB: 85 games (123 pts)
WC: 10 games (3 pts): Others: 24 games (30 pts)

Total: 171 games (204 pts)

Born: 6 Apr 1943

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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