List of New Zealand double-international sportspeople
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The following is a list of New Zealand double international sportspeople; that is, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

ers who have represented their nation in full international sporting events in more than one sport
.

Association football and cricket

  • Grahame Bilby
    Grahame Bilby
    Grahame Paul Bilby is a former cricketer and association football player who represented both the Black Caps and the All Whites.-Cricket career:...

  • Ces Dacre
    Ces Dacre
    Charles Christian Ralph Dacre, more commonly known as Ces Dacre, was a cricket player from New Zealand who also represented the New Zealand in football . He was born 15 May 1899 in Devonport, Auckland and died there on 2 November 1975...

  • Ken Hough
  • Don McRae
  • Vic Pollard
    Vic Pollard
    Victor Pollard is a former dual cricket and football player who represented New Zealand at international level.-Cricket career:...


Note: Hough has the unique distinction of playing cricket for New Zealand and football for both New Zealand and Australia.

Cricket and rugby union

  • Bill Carson
    Bill Carson (sportsman)
    William Nicol Carson was a sportsman who represented New Zealand at both cricket and rugby union.-Cricket:Carson, an aggressive left-handed batsman and useful fast-medium bowler, started his cricketing career with a couple of large scores for Auckland in the Plunket Shield...

  • George Dickinson
    George Dickinson
    George Ritchie Dickinson played three tests for New Zealand. He also played five matches for the All Blacks in 1922.-Career:...

  • Brian McKechnie
  • Charlie Oliver
    Charlie Oliver
    Charles Joshua Oliver was a New Zealand rugby union international who also represented his country in first-class cricket....

  • Curly Page
    Curly Page
    Milford Laurenson "Curly" Page was a cricketer who played for New Zealand and Canterbury. He was New Zealand's second Test captain, and captained 7 of the Tests in which he played...

  • Eric Tindill
    Eric Tindill
    Eric William Thomas Tindill was a New Zealand sportsman. Tindill held a number of unique records: he was the oldest ever Test cricketer at the time of his death, the only person to play Tests for New Zealand in both cricket and rugby union , and the only person ever to play Tests in both sports,...

  • Jeff Wilson
    Jeff Wilson (sportsman)
    -Cricket career:Wilson played his provincial cricket for Otago, as an all-rounder - both a hard-hitting batsman and a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler. His international appearances were in four games of a One Day Internationals series against Australia in the 1992-93 season, and again in an ODI...


Note: Martin Donnelly
Martin Donnelly (cricketer)
Martin Paterson Donnelly was a New Zealand Test cricketer and England Rugby Union player.Born in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand, Donnelly's twin brother Maurice died in the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918. His sporting talent emerged quickly and Donnelly became known for his batting and fielding skills, as...

 represented New Zealand at cricket and England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 at rugby union.

Rugby league and rugby union

  • Frano Botica
    Frano Botica
    Frano Michael Botica is a former rugby union and rugby league player who represented his country at both sports and also played for Croatia in a rugby union world cup qualifying match.-Rugby union:...

  • Marc Ellis
    Marc Ellis (rugby)
    Marc Christopher Gwynne Ellis is a New Zealand businessman and television presenter, and former rugby league and rugby union player. A graduate of the University of Otago, his primary business interests are in Charlie's, a juice company...

  • Craig Innes
    Craig Innes
    Craig Innes is a New Zealand former rugby league and rugby union footballer of the 1980s and 90s. After a successful rugby union career which saw him represent his country he switched to rugby league, playing in both England and Australia, winning the 1996 ARL Premiership, before playing out the...

  • George Nepia
    George Nepia
    George Nepia was a Māori rugby union and rugby league player. He is remembered as an exceptional full-back and one of the most famous Māori rugby players. He was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. In 2004 he was selected as number 65 by the panel of the New Zealand's Top...

  • Matthew Ridge
    Matthew Ridge
    Matthew John Ridge is a New Zealand television presenter as well as a former All Black, and rugby league captain for the Manly Sea Eagles, New Zealand Warriors and Kiwis....

  • John Timu
    John Timu
    John Timu is a retired professional rugby league and rugby union footballer of the 1980s and 90s.Timu's position of choice was as a centre...


Note: Brad Thorn
Brad Thorn
Bradley Carnegie Thorn is a professional rugby union player. He has in the past represented Australia at rugby league, and currently represents New Zealand in union...

 has represented New Zealand at rugby union and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 at rugby league.

Association football and rugby union

  • Melissa Ruscoe
    Melissa Ruscoe
    Melissa Ruscoe MNZM is a New Zealand sportswoman who has served as captain of her country's national team in two different football codes—association football and rugby union....

Note: Ruscoe has not only represented New Zealand in both sports, but has also captained both the Football Ferns and Black Ferns.

See also

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