Stan Meads

Stan Meads

Player information
Full name	Stanley Thomas Meads
birthday	July 12, 1938
place of birth	Arapuni, King Country , New Zealand
size	191 cm
society
society	Career ended
position	Second row striker Winger number eight
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
	Waitete RFC
province
province	Career ended
position	Second row striker Winger number eight
Provinces as active
Years	province	Games (points)
1957-1966	King Country RFU	73
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
1961-1966	New Zealand	15 (0)
Coaching stations
Years	Association / Province / Franchise
1994-1996	King Country RFU

Stanley Thomas Meads (born July 12, 1938 in Arapuni, King Country , New Zealand ) is a former New Zealand rugby union player on the position of second-row striker , winger and number eight as well as the younger brother of New Zealand rugby legend Colin Meads .

Stan Meads went to Te Kuiti High School and joined the local rugby club Waitete RFC, as did his brother. Both of them spent their entire rugby careers at this small club. In 1957 he was first appointed to the selection team of the King Country RFU . In 1960 and 1961, the nomination for the selection of the North Island followed .

Because of his performance, he made his debut in 1961 for the New Zealand national team (All Blacks) in the first of three internationals against the French national team touring New Zealand . This game won the All Blacks, as well as the two following, in which Meads did not play. His debut was the first of eleven joint internationals with his brother Colin.

The following year Meads toured with the All Blacks in Australia , where he did not appear in any of the two international matches, but only competed against Australian provincial and club selections. In the same year, the Australian national team (Wallabies) paid the New Zealanders a return visit. Here Meads played in two of the three internationals, both of which were won. Thus, the All Blacks were able to successfully defend the Bledisloe Cup in 1962.

In 1963 and 1964 he was plagued by injuries. Still, he made it into the All Blacks' squad for their tour of Europe and North America , but only played nine games there. Among them was a single international match against the Irish national team . In the renewed defense of the Bledisloe Cup in 1964, however, he was together with his brother again a regular player in the national team.

When the South African national team (Springboks) toured New Zealand in 1965, Meads 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. He and his brother also succeeded in surprisingly winning against the Lions by jointly selecting the King Country RFU and Wanganui RFU associations .

After these successes, he retired from active rugby in 1966 at the age of only 28, as he had taken over a large sheep farm near Te Kuiti and playing rugby was no longer compatible with work. After that, however, he remained connected to rugby. From 1994 to 1996 he was the head coach of King Country.

Web links

• Profile on allblacks.com
• Stan Meads . King Country Rugby Referees' Association, archived from the original onOctober 14, 2008; accessed on May 1, 2018(English, original website no longer available).