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Sir Colin Earl Meads KNZM MBE (3 June 1936 – 20 August 2017) was a New Zealand rugby union player. He played 55 test matches (133 games), most frequently in the lock forward position, for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks, from 1957 until 1971. Meads is widely considered one of the greatest players in history.
- Colin Earl Meads
- 102 kg (225 lb)
- 3 June 1936
- Cambridge, New Zealand
Sir Colin Earl Meads (Cambridge, 3 giugno 1936 – Te Kuiti, 20 agosto 2017) è stato un rugbista a 15, allenatore di rugby a 15 e dirigente sportivo neozelandese, che giocava nel ruolo di seconda linea del King Country, dal 1957 al 1971 ha rappresentato la Nuova Zelanda con la maglia degli All Blacks.
PaeseNuova ZelandaAltezza192 cmPeso102 kgRuoloRitirato197310 feb 2013 · Se Colin Meads avesse giocato nell’epoca del professionismo, con almeno 12 prove l’anno avrebbe facilmente superato le 100 presenze. Nell’agosto del 1973 Pinetree è apparso due volte con il President XV contro i suoi ex compagni All Blacks, due gare che sono state certificate, anche se non ufficialmente, come il suo addio al rugby.
21 ago 2017 · Sir Colin Meads obituary. All Blacks captain with a reputation as one of the hardest, most uncompromising players in rugby union. Paul Rees. Mon 21 Aug 2017 12.13 EDT. Few sportsmen or...
Sir Colin 'Pinetree' Meads passed away today at the age of 81, a loss which will be mourned throughout the rugby-playing world. Meads was the most famous of famous All Blacks, an icon who...
20 ago 2017 · All Blacks great Sir Colin Meads, who was named New Zealand's best rugby player of the 20th Century, has died of pancreatic cancer, aged 81. The former second row played 55 Tests within 133...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Colin Meads, a famously tough All Blacks lock hailed as New Zealand's greatest rugby player of the 20th century, has died after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 81. Verna Meads said her husband had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last August. Meads played 55 tests among 133 games for New Zealand between 1957 and 1971 — a number thought prodigious ...
