Wayne Wallace

Wayne Wallace
Personal information
Full nameWayne John Wallace
Playing information
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
PositionHooker, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–87 Hornby
1988 Marist-Western Suburbs
1989–?? Hornby
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1978–90 Canterbury 57
1981–?? South Island
1985–88 New Zealand 11 2 0 0 8
1988 Rest of the World 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1990–?? Hornby
1994 Christchurch City 22 6 0 16 27
Total 22 6 0 16 27
Source: [1][2]

Wayne John Wallace[3] is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer and coach who represented New Zealand in the 1988 World Cup final.[1]

Playing career

Wallace played in the Canterbury Rugby League club competition for Hornby, although he spent one season with the Marist-Western Suburbs team.[4]

He first made the Canterbury side in 1979, initially as a Loose forward but he soon shifted to the Hooker position after an injury to Alan Rushton.[5] He set a Canterbury record of 57 appearances between 1978 and 1990, leading the province to wins over Great Britain and Auckland in 1990.

Wallace made the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1985 and went on to play in eleven test matches. He was the only non-professional player in the 1988 World Cup final loss to Australia, his last game for New Zealand.[4]

Wallace became player-coach of Hornby before retiring as a player to become a full-time coach.[5]

Coaching career

In 1994 Wallace coached the Christchurch City Shiners in their debut season in the Lion Red Cup.[6]

Wallace's Hornby side won the 1997 Pat Smith Challenge Trophy, defeating Papanui.[7][8] They won the Massetti Cup (minor premiership) the next year but could not defend the title.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ WALLACE, Wayne John 1985 - 89 - Kiwi #589 nzleague.co.nz
  4. ^ a b "Remembering what might have been . . ". The Press. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  5. ^ a b Wayne Wallace Significant Results in Canterbury Rugby League
  6. ^ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.133
  7. ^ John Coffey Hornby has edge - Wallace[dead link‍] The Press, 26 July 1997
  8. ^ John Coffey Hornby holds off tough challenge for cup[dead link‍] The Press, 28 July 1997
  9. ^ Harding fires Papanui's revival[dead link‍] The Press, 18 May 1998
  10. ^ New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998. p.160