Barry Harvey
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Barry Kenneth Harvey | |||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Hooker | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 19??–1986 | Western Suburbs (TRL) | |||||
| 1987–19?? | Randwick | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 19??–1986 | Taranaki | |||||
| 1983–1987 | Central Districts | 5 | ||||
| 1986–1989 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987–1992 | Wellington | 38 | ||||
| 1988–1990 | New Zealand Māori | |||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Barry Kenneth Harvey[2] is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented his country in three test matches, including matches that counted towards the 1988 World Cup.
Playing career
A 1983 Junior Kiwi, Harvey played for the Western Suburbs club in the Taranaki Rugby League and became a Taranaki and Central Districts representative.[3]
He was first picked for the New Zealand Kiwis for the 1986 tour of Australia. In 1987 he moved south, joining the Randwick Kingfishers in the Wellington Rugby League.[4][5] He became a Wellington representative, and later captained the side. New Zealand did not play any test matches in 1987, however Harvey was selected in a New Zealand XIII that lost 14-18 to Queensland.[6]
Harvey captained the New Zealand Māori team in the 1988 Pacific Cup.[7] He was again picked for the New Zealand side in 1989 and played one test match against Australia.[6]
Legacy
In 2008 he was named in the Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century.[8]
References
- ↑ Barry Harvey rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ HARVEY, Barry Kenneth 1986 - 89 - Kiwi #595 Archived April 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. nzleague.co.nz
- ↑ Taranaki Grand Final Countdown Archived July 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. rleague.com, 11 July 2003
- ↑ Kevin Tamati maorisportsawards.co.nz
- ↑ About Us Randwick Kingfishers
- 1 2 Team of the Century - Week 7 Wellington Rugby League
- ↑ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. pp. 252–255. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2.
- ↑ "Dream team of century is named". Taranaki Daily News. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2011.