William "Bill" MacVay Trevarthen was a 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...

 rugby football

Rugby football

Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...

er who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Rugby Football

He originally played 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...

 for Ohinemuri in 1900 before moving to Auckland and joining the Newton club. Trevarthen won Auckland

Auckland representative rugby union team

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 selection between 1904 and 1907.

Rugby League

In 1907 Trevarthen was selected to be a part of the professional All Blacks tour of Australia and Great Britain. Like all players this meant that Trevarthen received a life ban from the New Zealand Rugby Union. Trevarthen played in all six tests on the tour against Great Britain

Great Britain national rugby league team

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 and Australia and scored one try on tour.

Trevarthen was later part of the 1909 side that toured Australia. Overall, he played in nine tests for New Zealand between 1907 and 1909.

Trevarthen then accepted a contract to go join Huddersfield

Huddersfield Giants

Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....

 alongside New Zealanders Edgar Wrigley

Edgar Wrigley

Edgar Wrigley was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented his country in both rugby union and rugby league.-Rugby Football:Wrigley played rugby union for the Red Star club in Masterton and between 1903 and 1907 he played 18 games for Wairarapa...

 and Conrad Byrne

Conrad Byrne

Conrad "Con" Augustus Byrne was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.-Early years:Originally from Nelson, Bryne was a farmer by trade...

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