Paul Sapsford | |
Birth Name: | Herbert Paul Sapsford |
Birth Date: | 8 September 1949 |
Birth Place: | Invercargill, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Lake Ōhau, New Zealand |
Ru Position: | Prop |
Height: | 1.80NaN0 |
Weight: | 102kg (225lb) |
Ru Nationalteam: | NZ Universities |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1973–76 1976 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 0 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
Ru Province: | Otago Middlesex |
Ru Provinceyears: | 1973–76, 79, 82 |
Ru Provincecaps: | 85 |
Occupation: | Dentist[1] |
School: | James Hargest High School |
Herbert Paul Sapsford (8 September 1949 – 29 December 2009) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Sapsford represented Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on the 1976 tour of South America. He played seven matches on that tour, including the two unofficial internationals against Argentina.[2]
Sapsford died from injuries sustained in a jetboat accident near the confluence of the Dobson and Hopkins Rivers at the head of Lake Ōhau.[1] He was buried in Allanton Cemetery.[3]