Kevin Fisher | |
Fullname: | Kevin Laurence Fisher |
Nickname: | Fish |
Birth Place: | New Zealand |
Height: | 1.79m |
Weight: | 82kg |
Club1: | Huntly South |
Year1start: | 1972 |
Year1end: | 1997 |
Teama: | Waikato |
Teamb: | New Zealand |
Yearbstart: | 1977 |
Yearbend: | 82 |
Appearancesb: | 8 |
Triesb: | 5 |
Goalsb: | 0 |
Fieldgoalsb: | 0 |
Pointsb: | 20 |
Source: | [1] |
New: | yes |
Kevin Laurence Fisher[2] is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer, coach and manager who represented New Zealand in the 1977 World Cup.
A Huntly South player in the Waikato Rugby League, Fisher was also a Waikato representative.
He was first selected for New Zealand in 1977, and participated at the World Cup that year. Fisher went on the 1980 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France and the tour to Australia and Papua New Guinea in 1982. He played a total of eight test matches between 1977 and 1982.
His son, Darryl, played for Waikato in 1996 and the Western Suburbs Magpies in 1998.[3]
In 1997 Fisher coached Huntly South.[4]
He managed Northern Districts in 2001 against France.[5] [6]
He also went on to manage the Junior Kiwis in both 2001 and 2002 in games against Australia.