Bruce Gall Explained

Bruce Gall
Fullname:Bruce Percy Gall
Birth Place:New Zealand
Club1:Unknown (TRL)
Club2:Balmain Tigers
Year2start:1983
Year2end:84
Appearances2:11
Tries2:1
Goals2:0
Fieldgoals2:0
Points2:4
Teama:Taranaki
Teamb:North Island
Yearbstart:1976
Teamc:Central Districts
Yearcstart:1979
Teamd:New Zealand
Yeardstart:1980
Yeardend:82
Appearancesd:3
Triesd:1
Goalsd:0
Fieldgoalsd:0
Pointsd:3
Source:[1]
New:yes

Bruce Gall is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.[1]

Playing career

Gall played in the Taranaki Rugby League and represented Taranaki. In 1976 Gall played for the North Island against the touring Sydney Metropolitan side.[2]

In 1979 he played for the Central Districts side that won the Inter-Districts competition.[3]

He was selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team on the 1980 tour of Great Britain and France. Gall did not play in a test match but did play in 8 games for the Kiwis, scoring 3 tries. In 1982 Gall played in three test matches for New Zealand against Australia and Papua New Guinea, scoring one try.[4]

Gall moved to Sydney in 1983, joining the Balmain Tigers in the NSWRL Premiership. He played in eleven matches over two seasons, scoring one try.[1]

Legacy

In 2008 he was named in the Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org. rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
  2. Air New Zealand Rugby League Annual 1977 New Zealand Rugby League, 1977. p.p.10-11.
  3. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. .
  4. http://www.nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=g&id=559 GALL, Bruce Percy - 1980, 1982
  5. Web site: Dream team of century is named. 14 October 2008. Taranaki Daily News. 24 September 2011.