Bryce Rope

Bryce Rope

Birth name	Douglas Bryce Rope
Date of birth	(1923-02-11)February 11, 1923
Date of death	March 2, 2013(2013-03-02) (aged 90)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1948 – 1949 1951 – 1953 New Zealand Universities New Zealand Universities () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1947–1952 Auckland () Teams coached Years Team 1965–1973 1979–81 1982 1983-1984 1983-1987 New Zealand Universities New Zealand Colts New Zealand Juniors  New Zealand  New Zealand 7's

Douglas Bryce Rope (11 February 1923 – 2 March 2013) was the coach of the New Zealand rugby union team from 1983 to 1984.

Biography

Rope was born in 1923 and attended Auckland Grammar School.^[1]

During World War II, Rope trained in Canada and then was a flight instructor with No. 20 OTU. He saw active service, flying fighter bombers in operations over Europe.^[1]

Rope played rugby for Auckland and New Zealand Universities in the 1940s and 1950s, as a loose forward.^[2] He was All Blacks coach from 1983 to 1984,^[2] coaching the team to nine wins in 12 test matches.

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