MAORI ALL BLACK.
RUGBY LEAGUE CONVERT,
BRODRICK JOINS MANUKAU. f
An outstanding forward of the Maori All Blacks who toured in Australia last year, Jack Brodrick, arrived in Auckland yesterday to play for the Manukau Rugby League Club, for which lie was to make his first appearance at Carlaw lark this afternoon. Just turned 23 years of age and weighing 14st, this 6ft player won a reputation across the Tasman as a determined and
fast type of forward. In seven of the nine matches on the tour he scored, and in one match he got two tries. He was a back row scrummer. Brodrick was born at Ruatoke North, in the Bay of Plenty, and played in the Whakatane High School first fifteen. For a time he was in the Rangitaiki district between Whakatane and Te Puke, but returned to the Bay of Plenty, which district he represented in 1933-34-35 before being selected to join the team led by George Nepia in Australia. Being speedy and a good handler, he may be tried out as a three-quarter by the Manukau Club.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 181, 1 August 1936, Page 20
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