Brian Finlay | |
Birth Name: | Brian Edward Louis Finlay |
Birth Date: | 7 November 1927 |
Birth Place: | Cromwell, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
Ru Position: | Flanker |
Height: | 1.780NaN0 |
Weight: | 88kg (194lb) |
Repyears1: | 1959 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Ru Provinceyears1: | 1950–60 |
Relatives: | Jack Finlay (cousin) |
School: | St Patrick's College, Wellington |
Brian Edward Louis Finlay (7 November 1927 – 9 March 1982) was a New Zealand rugby union player. Starting out as a mid-field back and progressing to flanker, Finlay represented at a provincial level. He played just one match for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, a test against the touring British Lions at Carisbrook in 1959, in which he played as a flanker.[1]
Finlay died at Auckland on 9 March 1982,[1] and was buried at Kelvin Grove Cemetery in Palmerston North.[2]