Ken Going Explained

Ken Going
Birth Name:Kenneth Tautohe Going
Birth Date:18 February 1942
Birth Place:Kawakawa, New Zealand
Death Place:Towai, New Zealand
Ru Position:Full-back
Height:1.750NaN0
Weight:83kg (183lb)
Ru Nationalteam:New Zealand Māori
Ru Nationalcaps:24
0
Ru Nationalpoints:
(0)
Ru Nationalyears:1966–75
1974
Ru Province:North Auckland
Ru Provinceyears:1963–75
Ru Provincecaps:130
Ru Provincepoints:(714)
School:Church College

Kenneth Tautohe Going (18 February 1942 – 6 August 2008) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A full-back, Going represented North Auckland at a provincial level as well as the New Zealand Māori and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks.

Rugby career

Ken played over 100 games for North Auckland, many alongside his brothers Sid and Brian.[1]

Of Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi descent,[2] Going played 24 matches for New Zealand Māori. [1] His brothers Sid and Brian also played 16 and 23 games respectively for New Zealand Māori.[3] [4]

Ken also represented the North Island in the Interisland match and was an All Black trialist. He was selected, at the age of 32, for the 1974 New Zealand rugby union tour of Ireland, Wales and England. He is officially recorded as All Black number 742. He played three matches for the All Blacks against:

Ken Going did not play any internationals, that honour fell to Joe Karam.[5] Sid, All Black number 655, played 29 tests and 57 other matches for the All Blacks.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kenneth Tautohe Going | New Zealand Rugby History. VCS Websites (NZ)-Lower Hutt and Wellington. www.vcsnet.co.nz. www.rugbyhistory.co.nz.
  2. Web site: NorthTec — Council Honours Awards . www.northland.ac.nz . NorthTec Tai Tokerau Wānanga . 1 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131021181447/http://www.northland.ac.nz/About-Us/Council-and-Governance/Council-Honours-Awards.aspx . 21 October 2013 . dead .
  3. Web site: Sidney Milton Going | New Zealand Rugby History. VCS Websites (NZ)-Lower Hutt and Wellington. www.vcsnet.co.nz. www.rugbyhistory.co.nz.
  4. Web site: Brian Lionel Going | New Zealand Rugby History. VCS Websites (NZ)-Lower Hutt and Wellington. www.vcsnet.co.nz. www.rugbyhistory.co.nz.
  5. Web site: Ken Going . Knight . Lindsay . New Zealand Rugby Museum . 1 September 2013.