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George Menzies

Personal information

Born

30 September 1930^[1]^{[failed verification]}

Died

16 March 2016 (aged 85)
Greymouth, New Zealand

Playing information

Position

Stand-off

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Runanga (WCRL)
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	West Coast
1949–62	South Island
1951–61	New Zealand	29	4	0	0	12
1960	Rest of the World	1	3	0	0	9

Coaching information

Representative
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
	West Coast
1974–75	New Zealand	11	3	2	6	27

Source: ^[2]

George Menzies (30 September 1930 – 16 March 2016) was a New Zealand rugby league player and coach who represented New Zealand at three World Cups and coached New Zealand at another World Cup.^[2] In 2007 he was named the greatest stand-off New Zealand had ever produced.

Playing career

Menzies was a New Zealand schoolboys representative in 1946.^[3]

A Runanga club player, Menzies was a West Coast and South Island representative. Menzies played in 69 games, including twenty-nine test matches for the New Zealand national rugby league team, participating in three World Cups.^[4]

Menzies was selected to go on the 1955–56 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain and France.^{[citation needed]}

He captained the Kiwis in a test during the 1956 tour to Australia before retiring from international football in 1961 after withdrawing from the 1961 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France.^[3]

Coaching career

At the end of his test career, in 1963, Menzies became a player-coach for Harden-Murrumburrah, a New South Wales country team.^[5] Before returning to New Zealand to coach the West Coast.^[3]

In 1974 and 1975 he was the coach of the Kiwis, taking the team to the 1975 World Cup.

Legacy

His son, Chris, played for the Junior Kiwis and also represented the West Coast.^[3]

In 1989 Menzies was named as the West Coast Rugby League's best ever stand-off half.^[6]

Menzies was named one of New Zealand Rugby League's "Legends of League" in 1995.^[7]

In 2009 Menzies was named in the NZRL's team of the century.^[8]

Menzies died in Greymouth on 16 March 2016, aged 85.^[9]

References

^ "General". www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz.
^ ^a ^b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d RIP George Menzies Kiwi 326^{[permanent dead link‍]} nzrl.co.nz, 17 March 2016
^ Top Players Archived 17 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine West Coast Rugby Football League
^ Goodman, Tom (9 June 1963). "Hands off the Kiwis". The Sun-Herald. Australia. p. 44. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
^ Top Players Archived 17 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, sportingpulse.com
^ Legends of League NZRL
^ "Graham is best in 100 years". The Sunday Star-Times. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
^ "George Menzies death notice". The Press. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

v t e New Zealand squad – 1954 Rugby League World Cup
Cyril Eastlake (c) Alister Atkinson (vc) Doug Anderson Jimmy Edwards Neville Denton Jim Austin Ron McKay Bill Sorensen George Menzies Len Eriksen Lory Blanchard John Bond Cliff Johnson Bill McLennan Jock Butterfield George McDonald John Yates Ian Grey Coach: Jim Amos

v t e New Zealand squad – 1957 Rugby League World Cup
Cliff Johnson (c) George Menzies (vc) Pat Creedy Vern Bakalich Neville Denton Tom Hadfield Ron Ackland Bill Sorensen George P. Turner Sel Belsham Jock Butterfield Bill McLennan Henry Maxwell Kevin Pearce Jim Riddell John Yates Rex Percy Keith Bell Reese Griffiths Coach: Bill Telford

v t e New Zealand squad – 1960 Rugby League World Cup
Ron Ackland Jock Butterfield Mel Cooke Reg Cooke Neville Denton Cyril Eastlake Reese Griffiths Tom Hadfield Cliff Johnson (c) Trevor Kilkelly Henry Maxwell George Menzies Laurie Olliff Gary Phillips Tom Reid Keith Roberts Bill Sorensen George Turner Coach: Travers Hardwick

New Zealand squad – 1975 Rugby League World Cup

v t e The New Zealand Rugby League Team of the Century (1907–2006)
1. Des White 2. Tom Hadfield 3. Tommy Baxter 4. Roger Bailey 5. Phillip Orchard 6. George Menzies 7. Stacey Jones 8. Cliff Johnson (c) 9. Jock Butterfield 10. Ruben Wiki 11. Mark Graham 12. Ron Ackland 13. Mel Cooke

New Zealand national rugby league team coaches

1912-20 George A. Gillett
1921-24 Jim Rukutai
1925 Charlie Pearce
1926-27 Ernest Mair
1928 Thomas McClymont
1930-31 Arthur Hennessy
1932-37 Bill Kelly
1938-52 Thomas McClymont
1952-54 Jim Amos
1955-56 Harold Tetley
1956-57 Bill Telford
1959-60 Travers Hardwick
1961 Des White
1961-63 Bill Telford
1964-65 Maurie Robertson
1965 Bill Telford
1966-67 Lory Blanchard
1968 Des Barchard
1969 Lory Blanchard
1970 Morrie Church
1970-72 Lory Blanchard
1972 Des Barchard
1974-75 George Menzies
1977-78 Ron Ackland
1979-82 Ces Mountford
1983-86 Graham Lowe
1987-89 Tony Gordon
1990-91 Bob Bailey
1992-93 Howie Tamati
1995-96 Frank Endacott
1997 Graeme Norton
1998-00 Frank Endacott
2001-02 Gary Freeman
2004-05 Daniel Anderson
2005-07 Brian McClennan
2007 Gary Kemble
2008-16 Stephen Kearney
2016-17 David Kidwell
2018-23 Michael Maguire
2024-present Stacey Jones

v t e The West Coast Rugby League 75th Jubilee Team (1946-1989)
1. Don Ladner 2. Jack Forrest 3. Reese Griffiths 4. Graham Kennedy 5. Maurice Brereton 6 George Menzies 7. Gordon Smith 8. Bill McLennan 9. Jock Butterfield 10. Jack Newton 11. Charlie McBride 12. Tony Coll 13. Ken Mountford Reserves: 14. Frank Mulcare 15. Les McNichol

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