| Bruce Castle | |
| Fullname: | Bruce Eric Castle |
| Birth Place: | New Zealand |
| Club1: | Ellerslie Eagles |
| Teama: | Auckland |
| Teamb: | New Zealand |
| Yearbstart: | 1961 |
| Yearbend: | 67 |
| Appearancesb: | 2 |
| Triesb: | 0 |
| Goalsb: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsb: | 0 |
| Pointsb: | 0 |
| Source: | [1] |
| New: | yes |
Bruce Eric Castle is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.[1]
Castle played for the Ellerslie Eagles. He also represented Auckland and was part of victories over Australia in 1961 and Great Britain in 1962.[2] He played two test matches for the New Zealand national rugby league team, including one as captain.[3]
Castle was the player-coach for Turvey Park in Wagga Wagga before coaching the Mangere East Hawks in the Auckland Rugby League competition.[4]
Castle was a selector for the New Zealand national rugby league team between 1999 and 2001.[5]
Castle's wife Marlene is a four-time New Zealand Commonwealth Games lawn bowling representative.[6] Their daughter Raelene is a sports administrator, formerly a chief executive officer of Netball New Zealand and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs[7] then of Rugby Australia since December 2017.[8]