Laurie Olliff is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand in the 1960 World Cup.
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| Full name | Lawrence John Olliff[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row, Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career edit
Olliff played for Western United in the Auckland Rugby League competition. Western United were a combination of Mount Albert and Point Chevalier and won the Fox Memorial in 1959.[3]
In 1960 he was selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team and played in two matches at the 1960 World Cup. He was part of the Auckland side that defended the Northern Union Cup in 1961.[3]
References edit
- ^ OLLIFF, Lawrence John - 1960 nzleague.co.nz
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.