Bernard Fanning

Full name	Bernard John Fanning
Date of birth	(1874-11-11)11 November 1874
Place of birth	Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of death	9 July 1946(1946-07-09) (aged 71)
Place of death	Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
School	Marist Brothers, Christchurch
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1903–04 New Zealand 2 (0)

Bernard John Fanning (11 November 1874 — 9 July 1946) was a New Zealand rugby union international.^[1]

Fanning, born in Christchurch, was a blacksmith by profession and spent his rugby career with local club Linwood. Other than one season at Wellington, he played his provincial rugby with Canterbury, making 56 representative appearances.^[2]

A lock, Fanning toured Australia in 1903 with the All Blacks, playing a match in Sydney which is considered the first Test between the Trans-Tasman teams. He was capped a second time the following year in Wellington, against the touring Great British team, then in 1905 gained a place on the tour of Britain and France, but declared himself unavailable.^[2][3]

Fanning's younger brother Alfred was later capped for the All Blacks, as well as his nephew Lou Petersen.^[3]

• List of New Zealand national rugby union players

• Bernard Fanning at ESPNscrum