Bob Deans was a former All Black and Canterbury

Canterbury Rugby Football Union

The Canterbury Rugby Football Union is the governing body for rugby union in a substantial part of the Canterbury region, in the middle of the South Island of New Zealand...

 rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player.

Deans entered into New Zealand sport folklore for a disallowed try against Wales in 1905, when he appeared to score the try that would have won the match for New Zealand but was pulled back over the line before the referee could catch up. It was the only match that New Zealand lost in the 35 match tour.

Deans was only 24 when he died as a result of complications arising from an appendix operation.

Family members

Deans' great nephews Bruce Deans and Robbie Deans

Robbie Deans

Robert Maxwell Deans is the current coach of the Wallabies and former All Black. He is the former coach of the Crusaders. He also served as assistant to former All Blacks coach John Mitchell between late 2001 and 2003...

 also played for Canterbury and the All Blacks. Robbie is currently Australia

Australia national rugby union team

The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...

 head coach.

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