Jack_Forrest_(rugby_league)

Jack Forrest (rugby league)

Jack Forrest (rugby league)

New Zealand rugby league footballer

John Alexander "Jack" Forrest (24 February 1924 – 26 February 2016) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in 12 international matches between 1947 and 1952. His cousin Jonas Masters also played rugby league for New Zealand.[1]

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Playing career

Forrest played in the West Coast Rugby League competition for Runanga and represented both the West Coast and the South Island.[2]

He played in 42 matches, 12 of which were test matches, for the New Zealand national rugby league team, including matches against the 1951 touring French side and on the 1951-52 tour of Great Britain and France.[3][4]

Later years

Forrest also represented New Zealand in clay pigeon shooting.[4]

He died in Greymouth on 26 February 2016.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
  3. [3]
    "John Alexander Forrest". nzleague.co.nz. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  4. [4]
    "RIP John Forrest Kiwi 306". New Zealand Rugby League. 29 February 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  5. [5]
    "John Forrest death notice". New Zealand Herald. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
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