283:
the greatest games every played. Even many
Springboks praised him as the greatest forward on earth. After the second try he reacted to sledging of Pretoria crowd, by giving them the bird, a 30 second, two finger V sign that in the words of his biographer, Norman Harris, who shared NZ Herald sports coverage with Terry McLean 'it was obviously not a peace sign'. Like Barry John, taken out 15 minutes into the 1968 Lions v SA first test by Springbok lock, Frik De Preeze or the simultaneous hit on Chris Laidlaw in first test qt Pretoria in 1970, when a hard low tackle by Du Preeze was combined with a simultaneous hard blow, by flanker Abbie Bates (photo in P. Verdon. Tribute. Whitcoulls (2001)) Peter Jones was taken out of the sport in a game against a SA provincial side with a hit to the back by two players, a savage manoeuvre that have previously been attempted in a number of the previous games.
274:
Timaru to win the
Ranfurly Shield in 1950. By the end of his provincial career, Jones had scored 30 tries in 79 appearances for North Auckland. Of close to Jonah Lomu dimensions, Jones was immensely difficult to stop close to the line, when he went 'super power' and became 'tiger' and simply went straight through the defence. He was worshipped in Northland for his unusual personality and refusal to accept advice to move to the big smoke, Auckland, to advance his career. His immense power was partly due to his demanding job as a fisherman, but he also exercised hard and at 28 and weighing more than 17.5 stone he was still fast.
42:
282:
and awesome fast pack of
Whineray(captain) Hemi, Young, Meads, Graham Tremain, Jones had the best chance they would ever have of taking a series in South Africa in the amateur age. Peter Jones form in the build up to the first test was awesome, against Northern Transval, he scored two tries in one of
286:
With an impressive physique that averaged about 238 pounds (108 kg) in the second half of his career, Jones was also blessed with the speed of a sprinter. Rugby journalist Terry McLean reported that Jones was capable of running 100 yards (91 m) in 10 seconds. Jones played 37 times for New
273:
in 37 matches (including eleven test matches) between 1953 and 1960. Jones was brought into Ted
Griffin's Northland Auckland team in 1950 as an eighteen-year-old and became an immediate sensation. He was part of the North Auckland side under Johnny Smith's captaincy, which beat South Canterbury in
277:
Jones was listed at 210 pounds (95 kg) and 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) when he made his debut in Bob Stuart's 1953–54 All Black side that toured
Britain and France. By mid-tour he was weighed at 220 lb (100 kg). He played in the tests against England and Scotland and
278:
finished the tour with six tries from 12 appearances. He played all 4 tests against the
Springboks in 1956 and the full series against the Wallabies in 1958. He was expected to peak on the South African Tour of 1960 when the All Black with a world class kicker in
403:
368:
346:
342:
408:
383:
315:
287:
Zealand and scored 20 tries. He was probably best remembered for his memorable try in the series-ending test against the
Springboks in 1956.
393:
321:
193:
388:
398:
351:
326:
156:
152:
41:
378:
373:
17:
123:
311:
362:
93:
266:
262:
97:
75:
279:
270:
238:
71:
234:
212:
207:
189:
167:
162:
146:
137:
129:
119:
111:
103:
89:
81:
67:
59:
51:
404:Rugby union players from the Northland Region
369:New Zealand international rugby union players
8:
32:
143:
31:
352:"Eden Park try-scorer shocked the nation"
296:
18:Peter Jones (New Zealand rugby union)
7:
322:"Great tries: Test revenge is sweet"
261:(24 March 1932 – 7 June 1994) was a
25:
303:N. Harris. Tiger. Auckland (1964)
107:1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
40:
409:New Zealand rugby union players
1:
384:Northland rugby union players
259:Peter Frederick Hilton Jones
55:Peter Frederick Hilton-Jones
425:
269:player. He played for the
394:Rugby union number eights
151:
142:
115:108 kg (238 lb)
39:
163:Provincial / State sides
327:The New Zealand Herald
389:Rugby union flankers
208:International career
399:People from Kaitaia
354:. 9 September 2013.
36:
138:Rugby union career
256:
255:
252:
251:
16:(Redirected from
416:
355:
339:
337:
335:
304:
301:
235:1953–56, 1958–60
144:
44:
37:
21:
424:
423:
419:
418:
417:
415:
414:
413:
359:
358:
350:
333:
331:
330:. 3 August 2011
320:
308:
307:
302:
298:
293:
247:
202:
124:Kaitaia College
47:
35:
30:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
422:
420:
412:
411:
406:
401:
396:
391:
386:
381:
376:
371:
361:
360:
357:
356:
348:
344:
340:
318:
306:
305:
295:
294:
292:
289:
265:International
254:
253:
250:
249:
244:
241:
236:
232:
231:
226:
221:
216:
210:
209:
205:
204:
199:
196:
194:North Auckland
191:
187:
186:
181:
176:
171:
165:
164:
160:
159:
150:
140:
139:
135:
134:
131:
127:
126:
121:
117:
116:
113:
109:
108:
105:
101:
100:
91:
90:Place of death
87:
86:
83:
79:
78:
69:
68:Place of birth
65:
64:
61:
57:
56:
53:
49:
48:
45:
33:
28:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
421:
410:
407:
405:
402:
400:
397:
395:
392:
390:
387:
385:
382:
380:
377:
375:
372:
370:
367:
366:
364:
353:
349:
347:
345:
343:
341:
329:
328:
323:
319:
317:
316:AllBlacks.com
313:
310:
309:
300:
297:
290:
288:
284:
281:
275:
272:
268:
264:
260:
245:
242:
240:
237:
233:
230:
227:
225:
222:
220:
217:
215:
211:
206:
200:
197:
195:
192:
188:
185:
182:
180:
177:
175:
172:
170:
166:
161:
158:
154:
149:
145:
141:
136:
132:
130:Occupation(s)
128:
125:
122:
118:
114:
110:
106:
102:
99:
95:
92:
88:
84:
82:Date of death
80:
77:
73:
70:
66:
63:24 March 1932
62:
60:Date of birth
58:
54:
50:
46:Jones c. 1951
43:
38:
27:
19:
332:. Retrieved
325:
299:
285:
276:
258:
257:
228:
223:
218:
213:
183:
178:
173:
168:
147:
94:Waipapakauri
29:Rugby player
26:
379:1994 deaths
374:1932 births
312:Peter Jones
267:Rugby Union
263:New Zealand
248:(20 tries))
203:(30 tries))
148:Position(s)
98:New Zealand
85:7 June 1994
76:New Zealand
34:Peter Jones
363:Categories
334:26 October
291:References
280:Don Clarke
271:All Blacks
239:All Blacks
52:Birth name
190:1950–1961
133:Fisherman
229:(Points)
184:(Points)
157:Flanker
72:Kaitaia
120:School
112:Weight
104:Height
214:Years
169:Years
336:2011
224:Apps
219:Team
179:Apps
174:Team
153:No 8
314:at
246:(60
201:(90
155:or
365::
324:.
243:37
198:79
96:,
74:,
338:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
