Ken Going

Ken Going
Birth nameKenneth Tautohe Going
Date of birth(1942-02-18)18 February 1942
Place of birthKawakawa, New Zealand
Date of death6 August 2008(2008-08-06) (aged 66)
Place of deathTowai, New Zealand
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
SchoolChurch College
Notable relative(s)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full-back
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1963–75 North Auckland 130 (714)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1966–75 New Zealand Māori 24
1974 New Zealand 0 (0)

Kenneth Tautohe Going (18 February 1942 – 6 August 2008) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A full-back, Going represented North Auckland at a provincial level as well as the New Zealand Māori and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks.

Rugby career

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Ken played over 100 games for North Auckland, many alongside his brothers Sid and Brian.[1]

Of Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi descent,[2] Going played 24 matches for New Zealand Māori.[3][1] His brothers Sid and Brian also played 16 and 23 games respectively for New Zealand Māori.[4][5]

Ken also represented the North Island in the Interisland match and was an All Black trialist. He was selected, at the age of 32, for the 1974 New Zealand rugby union tour of Ireland, Wales and England. He is officially recorded as All Black number 742. He played three matches for the All Blacks against:

  • Combined Irish Universities at Cork, won 10-3, scoring 2 penalty goals
  • Leinster at Dublin, won 8-3
  • Connacht at Galway, won 25-3, scoring a conversion and a penalty goal. Sid also played in the Connacht match.

Ken Going did not play any internationals, that honour fell to Joe Karam.[3] Ken's brother Sid Going, All Black number 655, played 29 tests and 57 other matches for the All Blacks.

References

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  1. ^ a b www.vcsnet.co.nz, VCS Websites (NZ)-Lower Hutt and Wellington. "Kenneth Tautohe Going | New Zealand Rugby History". www.rugbyhistory.co.nz.
  2. ^ "NorthTec — Council Honours Awards". www.northland.ac.nz. NorthTec Tai Tokerau Wānanga. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b Knight, Lindsay. "Ken Going". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  4. ^ www.vcsnet.co.nz, VCS Websites (NZ)-Lower Hutt and Wellington. "Sidney Milton Going | New Zealand Rugby History". www.rugbyhistory.co.nz.
  5. ^ www.vcsnet.co.nz, VCS Websites (NZ)-Lower Hutt and Wellington. "Brian Lionel Going | New Zealand Rugby History". www.rugbyhistory.co.nz.