Alistair Soper | |
Birth Name: | Alistair John Soper |
Birth Date: | 7 September 1936 |
Birth Place: | Invercargill, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Invercargill, New Zealand |
Ru Position: | Number 8 |
Height: | 1.830NaN0 |
Weight: | 88kg (194lb) |
Repyears1: | 1957 |
Repcaps1: | 0 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Ru Province1: | Southland |
Ru Provinceyears1: | 1954–59, 61–66 |
Ru Provinceapps1: | 103 |
School: | Waitaki Boys' High School |
Alistair John "Ack" Soper (7 September 1936 – 16 June 2020) was a New Zealand rugby union player.
A number eight, Soper represented Southland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1957 tour of Australia. He played eight matches for the All Blacks on that tour, but did not appear in any internationals. He served as president of the Southland Rugby Union in 1985.[1]
Soper played for the English club Blackheath in the 1960–61 season.
Soper died in Invercargill on 16 June 2020, aged 83.[2]