Leicester Malcolm Rutledge

Surname:

Rutledge

First names:

Leicester Malcolm

All Black Player No:

784

All Black games played:

All Black years:

1978 - 1980

Clubs:

Wrights Bush

Provincial teams:

NZ Under 21 1973
Southland 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
Southland SU 1974

Biography:

1972: Flanker - 7 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1973: NZ Under 21: Flanker - 2 games
1973: Flanker - 7 games
1974: Flanker [1], Sub [1] - 2 games
1974: SU: Flanker - 1 game
1975: Flanker - 10 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1976: Forward - 11 games - 5 tries (20 pts)
1976: Sth Island: Flanker - 1 game
1977: Forward - 12 games - 3 tries (12 pts)
1977: NZ Trial: Flanker - 1 game
1978: AB's: Flanker - 7 tests, 7 tour games (1 as captain), No 8 - 1 tour game -
2 tries (8 pts)
1978: Sth Island: Flanker - 1 game
1978: Flanker - 8 games
1978: NZ Trial: Flanker - 1 game
1978: Sassenachs: Flanker - 1 game - 2 tries (8 pts)
1979: AB's: Flanker - 3 tests, 1 tour game
1979: Sth Island: Flanker - 1 game
1979: NZ Probables: Flanker - 1 game
1979: Flanker - 13 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1979: Barbarians: Flanker - 1 game
1980: AB's: Flanker - 4 tests, 8 tour games - 5 tries (20 pts)
1980: Flanker (4), No 8 (1) - 5 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1980: NZ Probables: Flanker - 1 game
1980: Sth Island: Flanker - 1 game
1980: Barbarians: Flanker - 1 game
1981: Flanker - 15 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1982: Flanker - 13 games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1982: Sth Island: Flanker - 1 game
1982: Queensland Centenary International XV: Flanker - 1 game
1983: Flanker - 10 games - 1 try (4 pts)

Sub Total: AB's: 14 tests, 17 tour games (28 pts)
Prov: 113 games (64 pts)
Others: 16 games (8 pts)

Total: 160 games (100 pts)

Born: 12 Apr 1952

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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