Bob Jarvis (rugby league)

Bob Jarvis is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in the 1975 World Cup.[1]

Bob Jarvis
Personal information
Full nameRobert John Jarvis
BornNew Zealand
Playing information
PositionStand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1967–1975 Otahuhu
1976–76 Hornby
1977–79 Addington (Player Coach)
1992–92 Lincoln University
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1973–1975 Auckland (New Zealand Colt 1973 Tour of Australia)
1974–75 New Zealand 9 3 0 0 9
1976–79 Canterbury
1976–76 New Zealand Thirteen 1 1 3
Source: [1]

Playing career

Jarvis played for the Otahuhu Leopards in the Auckland Rugby League competition. In 1973 he played for Auckland.[2] In 1974 he was part of the Auckland side that defeated Great Britain and also won the Auckland Rugby League's Bert Humphries Memorial trophy as most improved back.

That year he made his New Zealand national rugby league team' debut, playing against Great Britain. In 1975 he was part of the Auckland side that defeated Wales and also played for New Zealand in the World Championship.[3]

In 1976 Jarvis was one of three Aucklanders who signed with Hornby, for which the New Zealand Rugby League imposed a $1000 transfer fee per player.[4] He represented Canterbury that year and did so until 1979.

References
  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
  3. JARVIS, Robert John (1974 - 75) nzleague.co.nz
  4. Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
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