Jack Kirwan (rugby league)

John Patrick Kirwan (31 March 1896 – 20 October 1968), more commonly known as "Jack Kirwan", was a rugby union and rugby league player. He represented the Hawke's Bay province and Auckland in rugby union before switching to rugby league in 1924. He was selected for the New Zealand team in 1925 becoming Kiwi number 174 in the process. His grandson was also named John Kirwan and he went on to become a famous All Black in the 1980s and 90s before also switching to rugby league.

Jack Kirwan
Personal information
Full nameJohn Patrick Kirwan
Born(1896-03-31)31 March 1896
Reefton, New Zealand
Died20 October 1968(1968-10-20) (aged 72)
Auckland, New Zealand
Playing information
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight80 kg (12 st 8 lb)
Rugby union
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1915 Tokomaru City 3 2 0 1 9
1920–23 Dannevirke Old Boys
1924 Marist Old Boys 7 2 0 0 6
Total 10 4 0 1 15
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1915 Waiapu (sub union) 1 0 0 0 0
1920 Southern Hawke's Bay 1 0 0 0 0
1920–23 Hawke's Bay 17 3 0 0 9
1921 Hawke's Bay/Poverty Bay 1 2 0 0 6
1923 HB/PB/EC combined 1 0 0 0 0
1924 Auckland Probables 1 0 0 0 0
1924 Auckland 9 1 1 0 6
Rugby league
PositionStand-off, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1924–28 Marist Old Boys (ARL) 40 10 0 0 30
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1925–26 North Island 2 1 0 0 3
1925–27 New Zealand 28 9 0 0 27
1925–26 Auckland 2 0 0 0 0
1926 NZ Probables 1 0 0 0 0
1927 NZ XIII (AKL Reps) 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1932 Marist Old Boys 16 11 2 3 69
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