Brian Lochore

Brian Lochore

Player information
Full name	Brian James Lochore
birthday	September 3, 1940
place of birth	Masterton , New Zealand
date of death	3rd August 2019
Place of death	Masterton, New Zealand
size	1.91 m
society
society	Career ended
position	Number Eight Second Row Striker
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
1959-70	Master tone	()
Provinces as active
Years	province	Games (points)
1959-70	Wairarapa	()
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
1964-71	New Zealand	25 (21)
Coaching stations
Years	Association / Province / Franchise
1966-67, 75-78	Master tone
1980-82	Wairarapa Bush
1985-87	New Zealand

Sir Brian James Lochore , ONZ , KNZM , OBE (born September 3, 1940 in Masterton ; † August 3, 2019 ibid) was a New Zealand rugby union player and coach. He played on the positions of lock and number 8. From 1963 to 1971 he was used in 68 games of the national team ( All Blacks ), of which 25 were internationals. He was team captain in 46 games (including 18 internationals). As coach of the All Blacks, he became world champion in 1987.

Career

Lochore originally wanted to be a jockey , but then got too big and heavy for that, so he started playing rugby. He played from 1959 on a national level for the Masterton Rugby Club and for the provincial association Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union . He made his international debut at the age of 23 in October 1963 against the selection of Oxford University . Three months later, he played for the first time in an international match in London against England .

After five more internationals, Lochore was determined by coach Fred Allen in 1966 for the international series against the British Lions to captain the All Blacks. He kept this job until his resignation in September 1970. In July 1971, after a break of several months, he strengthened the national team, which had been weakened due to numerous injury-related absences.

Lochore then worked as a coach for his club Masterton, from 1980 for Wairarapa-Bush in the National Provincial Championship . In 1981 he won the championship title of the second division and in 1982 made it to the first division. In 1983 he was appointed assistant coach of the All Blacks, two years later as national coach. He led New Zealand to the world title in 1987 at the first World Cup. Lochore worked as a team manager during the 1995 World Cup .

For his services to rugby Lochore was established in 1999 as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for the defeated Knight and into the International Rugby Hall of Fame added. He was chairman of the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust conservation organization . The Lochore Cup , a trophy in the Heartland Championship amateur league , is named after him .

Lochore died on August 3, 2019 at the age of 78 in his birthplace of complications from colon cancer .

statistics

• International games with the All Blacks: 25 (including 18 as captain)
• Other games with the All Blacks: 43 (including 28 as captain)
• First international match: January 4, 1964
• Last international match: July 31, 1971
• Games as national coach: 18 (14 wins, 1 draw, 3 defeats)

Web links

Commons : Brian Lochore  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Portrait and statistics on the All Blacks website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary: Sir Brian Lochore, All Blacks legend and sheep farmer. In: The Scotsman , August 12, 2019 (English). Retrieved September 6, 2019.