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Ron Ackland - Wikipedia

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Ron Ackland

Personal information

Full name

Ronald Charles Ackland

Born

27 December 1934
Auckland, New Zealand

Died

25 October 2013 (aged 78)
Auckland, New Zealand

Playing information

Height

180 cm (5 ft 11 in)

Weight

92 kg (203 lb)

Position

Centre, Second-row

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Mt Wellington
	Mount Albert Lions
1961	City Newton
1965–70	Goulburn
1971–73	Inverell
	Total	0	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Auckland
1954–63	New Zealand	18	1	0	0	3

Coaching information

Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1965–70	Goulburn
1971–73	Inverell
1974–76	Mt Wellington
	Total	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1977–78	New Zealand	6	1	0	5	17

Source: ^[1]^[2]

Relatives

John Ackland (nephew)

Ronald Charles Ackland (27 December 1934 − 25 October 2013) was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1960s and 1970s, who represented New Zealand in the 1957 and 1960 World Cups, and coached New Zealand in the 1977 World Cup. His nephew, John, also played for New Zealand.^[3]

Playing career

Ackland was a Mt Wellington player. During the Auckland Rugby League's District era he played for Eastern Districts. In 1960, Ackland won the inaugural Rothville Trophy for player of the year, a feat he repeated in 1961. Ackland also played for the Mount Albert Lions and captained the City Newton Dragons in 1961.^[4]

He was selected for New Zealand in 1954 and went on to play in 18 test matches for the Kiwis. He was part of the 1957 and 1960 World Cup squads. He captained the Kiwis twice in 1961.^[5] Ackland, along with Neville Denton and Gary Phillips, withdrew from the 1961 tour of Great Britain due to a dispute over allowances.^[6]

He then moved to the New South Wales country and was captain-coach of Goulburn between 1965 and 1970 and Inverell between 1971 and 1973.

Coaching career

After retirement Ackland became Mt Wellington's head coach. In 1976, he won the Hyland Memorial Cup as the Auckland Rugby League's coach of the year.

Ackland became the coach of New Zealand in 1977, taking the squad to the 1977 World Cup. In his two-year reign the Kiwis won one out of six test matches.

Later life and death

Ackland was inducted as a New Zealand Rugby League "Legend of League" in 1995.^[7] He is an Auckland Rugby League Immortal.^[8]

In 2009, he was named in the New Zealand Rugby League Team of the Century in the second row.^[9]

Ackland died following complications from heart surgery on 25 October 2013, aged 78, in his hometown of Auckland.^[10]

References

^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ Rattue, Chris (14 March 2005). "48 hours: Sonny Bill - the future and a reminder of league's follies". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
^ Bruce Montgomerie Those Who Played, Montgomerie Publishing, 2004. ISBN 0646434071. p.16.
^ Ackland, Ronald Charles 1954 - 1963 - Kiwi #354 nzleague.co.nz
^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
^ Legends of League Archived 2012-09-11 at archive.today New Zealand Rugby League
^ Stacey Jones, Auckland Rugby League Immortal Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine est1995.co.nz, 21 September 2003
^ "Graham is best in 100 years". The Sunday Star-Times. 2 December 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
^ Legendary Ron Ackland passes away Archived 2013-10-31 at the Wayback Machine warriors.co.nz, 26 October 2013

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

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

v t e New Zealand squad – 1977 Rugby League World Cup
Fred Ah Kuoi Ray Baxendale Tony Coll (c) Warren Collicoat Olsen Filipaina Kevin Fisher Mark Graham Whare Henry Whetu Henry Chris Jordan Michael O'Donnell Dane O'Hara Lyndsay Proctor Alan Rushton John Smith Kurt Sorensen Dane Sorensen John Whittaker Dennis Williams Coach: Ron Ackland

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