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    Player of the Century at the NZRFU Awards in 1999. Colin Earl Meads was born to Vere Meads and Ida Meads (née Gray) on 3 June 1936, in the town of Cambridge...
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    Stanley Thomas Meads (born 12 July 1938) is a New Zealand former rugby union player and brother of Colin Meads. He played as a lock, number eight and...
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  • Meads is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Colin Meads (1936–2017), New Zealand rugby union footballer Eric Meads (1916–2006), English...
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  • The Meads Cup is a rugby union trophy named after King Country and All Blacks player Colin Meads. It is contested during the Heartland Championship. It...
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  • is married to former NZ basketball player Shelley Meads, who is the daughter of All Black Colin Meads. "Paul Leigh Mitchell". New Zealand Rugby History...
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    and Meads was present and spoke at the unveiling despite battling cancer, which he died from two months later. Colin Meads's brother Stanley Meads also...
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  • Blacks." The coaching team had also done important reconnaissance work. Colin Meads said Mervyn Davies was "the one player who probably had the biggest impact...
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  • Scottish rally driver Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby union player Colin Meloy, American guitarist and singer in The Decemberists Colin Milner Smith (1936–2020)...
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    had a status in New Zealand rugby comparable to that of his teammate, Colin Meads. Born in Auckland on 21 February 1938, Tremain was educated at Auckland...
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    World magazine as the third best All Black of the 20th century after Colin Meads and Sean Fitzpatrick. John Hart, who first selected him for Auckland...
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    the 1968 series in Australia in Sydney, a game equally remembered for Colin Meads' crude attempt to clear Wallaby scrumhalf Ken Catchpole from a ruck,...
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  • is All Black of the Century Colin Meads. Kevin Boroevich Ronald Bryers Phil Coffin Jack McLean Colin Meads Stanley Meads Bill Phillips Graham Whiting...
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    has earned frequent comparisons to the late former All Black lock, Sir Colin Meads. Retallick played for the Hawkes Bay Magpies in the 2010 and 2011 ITM...
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    Ruth". Meads, nicknamed Pinetree, played 133 games for New Zealand, including 55 tests. In 1999 the New Zealand Rugby Monthly magazine named Meads the New...
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    conurbation. Temple Meads was opened on 31 August 1840, as the western terminus of the Great Western Railway. The railway, including Temple Meads, was the first...
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    In 2012, he wrote The A-Z of Meads which was his collection of the best stories about All Black great Sir Colin Meads. In late 2015 he released his 15th...
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  • occasions. Wilcox was born Rhonda Earlene Meads on 3 November 1961, the daughter of Colin and Verna Meads. Her father was a leading rugby union player...
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    with 55, in honour of legendary club and national rugby hero All Black Colin Meads. The rugby team of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University...
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    South African side has rebuffed these claims and New Zealand manager Colin Meads has attributed the poisoning to "dodgy milk" rather than an intentional...
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  • Andrew Hore 35 years 72 days 13 September 1978 24 November 2013  Ireland Colin Meads 35 years 72 days 3 June 1936 14 August 1971 British and Irish Lions...
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  • was still supposedly an amateur sport. The Cavaliers were coached by Colin Meads, managed by Ian Kirkpatrick and captained by Andy Dalton and won just...
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    best embodied by All Black Colin Meads. Voted 'New Zealand player of the century' by New Zealand Rugby Monthly magazine, Meads was the second All Black...
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  • Taumarunui High School and played junior rugby for King Country with Colin Meads. He studied dentistry at the University of Otago and broke into the Otago...
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    option has been taken up by 72 of those affected, including rugby great Colin Meads. Former Labour MP Margaret Shields was one of those who accepted a Damehood...
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    through a tournament in Te Kuiti where he stayed with Glyn Meads, son of famous All Black Colin Meads. Lomu started his rugby union career in the forwards,...
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  • entered a single-elimination playoff for the Meads and Lochore Cups. The cups were named after Colin Meads and Brian Lochore, both legendary players for...
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  • USS Harris, a transport ship launched in 1921 Pinetree, nickname of Colin Meads (1936–2017), New Zealand rugby union footballer Pinetree Line, a North-American...
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    Lochore (New Zealand), Willie John McBride (Ireland and Lions), and Colin Meads (New Zealand). Du Preez, Eales, Johnson and McBride are also members...
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    players who became All Blacks: Kevin Boroevich, Ronald Bryers, Colin Meads, Stan Meads, Jack McLean, Bill Phillips, Joe Ratima and Graham Whiting. The...
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  • "Benchmarking SBW's act of thuggery against Colin Meads' 1967 sending off". Stuff. Retrieved 5 July 2017. "Watch: Sir Colin Meads becomes second All Black to be sent...
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