Bruce Gall

Bruce Gall is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.[1]

Bruce Gall
Personal information
Full nameBruce Percy Gall
BornNew Zealand
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Unknown (TRL)
1983–84 Balmain Tigers 11 1 0 0 4
Total 11 1 0 0 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Taranaki
1976 North Island
1979 Central Districts
1980–82 New Zealand 3 1 0 0 3
Source: [1]

Playing career

Gall played in the Taranaki Rugby League and represented Taranaki. In 1976 Gall played for the North Island against the touring Sydney Metropolitan side.[2]

In 1979 he played for the Central Districts side that won the Inter-Districts competition.[3]

He was selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team on the 1980 tour of Great Britain and France. Gall did not play in a test match but did play in 8 games for the Kiwis, scoring 3 tries. In 1982 Gall played in three test matches for New Zealand against Australia and Papua New Guinea, scoring one try.[4]

Gall moved to Sydney in 1983, joining the Balmain Tigers in the NSWRL Premiership. He played in eleven matches over two seasons, scoring one try.[1]

Legacy

In 2008 he was named in the Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century.[5]

References

  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. Air New Zealand Rugby League Annual 1977 New Zealand Rugby League, 1977. p.p.10-11.
  3. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
  4. GALL, Bruce Percy - 1980, 1982 nzleague.co.nz
  5. "Dream team of century is named". Taranaki Daily News. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
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