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| Birth Name: | Rata Wiremu Harrison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 3 January 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death Place: | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives: | Billy Harrison (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rata Wiremu Harrison (3 January 1935 – 30 April 2013) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.
He was the brother of fellow New Zealand international Billy Harrison.[2]
Harrison played for Auckland.[3] He played in two test matches for New Zealand in 1961, against France.[1] [4]
On 13 August 1962, Harrison was part of the Auckland side who defeated Great Britain 46-13 at Carlaw Park. This was the first televised rugby league match in New Zealand, as one hour of edited highlights were shown on AKTV2 that night and other regional channels showed the highlights the following week.[5]
Harrison died on 30 April 2013.[6]