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{{Short description|New Zealand rugby league footballer}} |
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|fullname = Robert James Edwards<ref>[http://www.nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=E&id=331 EDWARDS, Robert James - 1951 - 54] |
|fullname = Robert James Edwards<ref>[http://www.nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=E&id=331 EDWARDS, Robert James - 1951 - 54] ''nzleague.co.nz''</ref> |
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'''Robert James Edwards''' (24 December 1926 – 30 July 2015) was a New Zealand [[rugby league]] |
'''Robert James Edwards''' (24 December 1926 – 30 July 2015) was a New Zealand [[rugby league]] player who represented [[New Zealand national rugby league team|his country]] in the [[1954 Rugby League World Cup|1954 World Cup]]. |
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==Playing career== |
==Playing career== |
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Edwards played for the [[Marist Saints|Marist club]] in the [[Auckland Rugby League]] competition and also represented [[Auckland rugby league team|Auckland]], making his debut in the 1950 tour of Wellington and the South Island.<ref name=akl100>Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-86969-366-4}}.</ref> He later played for Auckland against the touring [[United States national rugby league team|American All-Stars]] in 1953 and in a |
Edwards played for the [[Marist Saints|Marist club]] in the [[Auckland Rugby League]] competition and also represented [[Auckland rugby league team|Auckland]], making his debut in the 1950 tour of Wellington and the South Island.<ref name=akl100>Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-86969-366-4}}.</ref> He later played for Auckland against the touring [[United States national rugby league team|American All-Stars]] in 1953 and in a 5-4 defeat of [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] in 1954. |
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Edwards made his debut for the [[New Zealand |
Edwards made his debut for the [[New Zealand Kiwis]] in 1951 on the tour of Great Britain. He played in a total of 17 test matches, including a tour of Australia in 1952 and the [[1954 Rugby League World Cup|1954 World Cup]]. He had the distinction of being the first scorer in [[Rugby League World Cup]] history, with a try after only five minutes in the first match against [[France national rugby league team|France]] on 30 October 1954. He scored 20 tries in a total of 45 matches for the Kiwis.<ref name=remember>{{cite web| url=http://www.warriors.kiwi/news/2015/11/10/a_time_to_remember_.html| title=A time to remember...| publisher= [[New Zealand Warriors]]| date=11 November 2015| accessdate=29 January 2016}}</ref> |
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==Death== |
==Death== |