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Sir Wilson Whineray

  • 22-10-2012 4:14pm
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    jacothelad
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    Sad news that one of the world's best ever players has died at 77. He was a fantastic prop and a name synonymous with the best in rugby when I was a boy. He was a prop who could play like a centre. I remember he looked about 50 when he was playing but he was a true great.


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    Swiwi
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    jacothelad wrote: »
    Sad news that one of the world's best ever players has died at 77. He was a fantastic prop and a name synonymous with the best in rugby when I was a boy. He was a prop who could play like a centre. I remember he looked about 50 when he was playing but he was a true great.

    Thanks. Very well respected in NZ, as evidenced by the "Sir". Voted number 20 in the NZ Herald Readers 20 Greatest Modern All Blacks.


  • #3
    Swiwi
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    jacothelad wrote: »
    Sad news that one of the world's best ever players has died at 77. He was a fantastic prop and a name synonymous with the best in rugby when I was a boy. He was a prop who could play like a centre. I remember he looked about 50 when he was playing but he was a true great.

    Jacothelad, you might enjoy this 4 minute bio

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/video.cfm?c_id=4&gal_objectid=10842264&gallery_id=128629


  • #4
    Swiwi
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    A wee bit of trivia is that the classic lineout move "willie away", was coined after Wilson Whineray.

    From a NZ rugby history website

    "a lineout move perfected by the All Blacks on the 1963–64 northern hemisphere tour was known as ‘Willie Away’ after its key feature, which involved Whineray peeling away from the lineout to receive the ball from a halfback position to set up attacks in midfield."


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