Kel Tremain

Kel Tremain

Player information
Full name	Kelvin Robin Tremain
birthday	February 21, 1938
place of birth	Auckland , New Zealand
date of death	May 2, 1992
Place of death	Napier , New Zealand
size	188 cm
Nickname	Bunny
society
society	deceased
position	Winger
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
1957 1958 1959/1961 1960 1962–1971	Riversdale RFC Massey University RFC Lincoln College RFC Grammar Carlton RFC
province
province	deceased
position	Winger
Provinces as active
Years	province	Games (points)
1957 1958 1959/1961 1960 1962–1970	Southland Rugby Manawatu RU Canterbury RFU Auckland RFU Hawke’s Bay RU	10 6 14 3 96
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
1959-1968	New Zealand	38 (27)

Kelvin Robin Tremain (born February 21, 1938 in Auckland , New Zealand , † May 2, 1992 in Napier , New Zealand) was a New Zealand rugby union player on the position of winger and after his active career a rugby official at the New Zealand rugby association Union (NZRU).

life and career

Tremain went to the Auckland Grammar School , where he played in the first team from 1954 to 1955. After graduating from high school, he became an agricultural laborer and soon after studied agricultural economics at Massey Agricultural College and Lincoln College . Because of these circumstances, he ran in just under five years for no fewer than five clubs and five provincial teams. He also played twice for the South Island and seven times for the North Island in his entire career .

He made his debut for Southland Rugby in 1957 in provincial rugby and two years later made the leap to the New Zealand national team ( All Blacks ) as a player for Canterbury RFU . Before that, he toured with the U-23 national team in Japan in early 1958.

His first international match was on August 15, 1959 in the All Blacks' second international game against the British and Irish Lions in Wellington on their tour of New Zealand. After a 6: 9 opening defeat by the All Blacks, he came into the team, as he had played a good role in the following 20:14 win from Canterbury over the Lions, and could lay two attempts . The All Blacks won the international game 11: 8. Tremain then played in the last two internationals, which were also won by the New Zealanders.

In 1960 he toured South Africa with the All Blacks . There he completed all four international matches against the South African national team (Springboks). New Zealand lost the international series 2-1 as it won one game, drew once and lost two of the games. After this disappointment, he won the Ranfurly Shield with the Auckland RFU in September of that year against the North Auckland RFU .

In 1961 he was the captain of the selection team of the New Zealand universities on their tour in North America . He made his first international attempt in the same year in a game against the French national team in Wellington.

After graduation, Tremain settled in the Hawke's Bay area in 1962 . For this reason he moved from Canterbury to the association Hawke's Bay RU . He stayed there until the end of his career. With Tremain as captain and best player, this was the beginning of a golden era for Hawke's Bay that was reminiscent of the 1920s, as they were again among the best New Zealand teams in the 1960s. Successes included winning and defending the Ranfurly Shield 21 times between 1966 and 1969, as well as a victory over the England team in 1963 and a draw against the British and Irish Lions in 1966.

In 1962, 1964, 1967 and 1968 Tremain was able to successfully defend the Bledisloe Cup against the Australian national team (Wallabies) with the All Blacks . From 1963 to 1964 he also toured with the national team in Europe , where he appeared in all five international matches against England , France, Ireland , Scotland and Wales . New Zealand won four of the five games and played 0-0 against Scotland.

When the South African national team (Springboks) toured New Zealand in 1965, he played in all four internationals, of which the All Blacks won three and lost one. A year later he also appeared in all four international matches against the British and Irish Lions, who are touring New Zealand . This time the All Blacks won all games.

In 1967 he toured Europe again with the national team. On this tour he played in three of the four internationals against England, Scotland and Wales and won again in all missions. The following year, Tremain was awarded the one-time honor due to an injury to Brian Lochore , to lead the All Blacks as team captain in the first international match against France touring New Zealand. The All Blacks won this game and the following two games. Furthermore, the third international game of the Tour Tremains was the last game for the All Blacks. For Hawke's Bay and the Napier Old Boys club, however, he played until 1970 before he retired from active rugby.

After his career he became an official for the Napier Old Boys and later for Hawke's Bay. From 1985 to 1990 he was a board member at Hawke's Bay and from 1990 at NZRU. After a short illness, Kel Tremain passed away in 1992. The NZRU's Kelvin Tremain Memorial Trophy for New Zealand Player of the Year is named after him.

Web links

• Profile on allblacks.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Farmingshow Blog - Thursday, October 7, 2010 . farmingshow.blogspot.com. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
2. ↑ Honors Board . Varsity Rugby - Massey University Rugby Football Club , archived from the original on October 14, 2008 ; accessed on September 19, 2012 (English, original website no longer available, link to WaybackMachine from October 14, 2008).