Karaan Karaitiana Crawford

Surname:

Crawford

First names:

Karaan Karaitiana

Clubs:

MAC OB, Havelock North

Provincial teams:

NZ Juniors 1965
NZ Maori 1964, 1965, 1966
NZ Maori XV 1965
Nth Island Trial 1965, 1966, 1967
Hawkes Bay 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971
NZ Trial 1967, 1968, 1969
Evergreens Club 1964

Biography:

1964: NZ Maori: Lock - 6 games - 2 tries (6 pts)
1964: Prince of Wales Cup: Lock - 1 game
1964: Lock - 11 games - 1 try (3 pts)
1964: Evergreens: Lock - 1 game
1965: NZ Maori: Lock - 2 games - 1 try (3 pts)
1965: Prince of Wales Cup: Lock - 1 game
1965: XV: Lock - 1 game
1965: NZ Juniors: Lock - 1 game
1965: Lock - 7 games
1965: Nth Island Probables: Lock - 1 game
1966: NZ Maori: Lock - 1 game
1966: Prince of Wales Cup: Lock - 1 game
1966: Lock - 13 games - 3 tries (9 pts)
1966: Nth Island Probables: Lock- 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1967: Prince of Wales Cup: Lock - 1 game
1967: Lock - 12 games - 1 try (3 pts)
1967: NZ Trial: Lock - 1 game
1967: Nth Island Possibles: Prop - 1 game
1968: Lock - 17 games - 5 tries (15 pts)
1968: Probables: Lock - 1 game
1969: Lock - 14 games - 2 tries (6 pts)
1969: Probables: Lock - 1 game
1970: Lock - 14 games - 2 tries (6 pts)
1971: Lock - 12 games - 1 try (3 pts)

Sub Total: NZ Maori: 9 games (9 pts)
Prov: 100 games (45 pts): Others: 13 games (3 pts)

Total: 122 games (57 pts)

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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