Barry Harvey

Barry Harvey

Personal information
Full name	Barry Kenneth Harvey
Born	New Zealand
Playing information
Position	Hooker
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
19??–1986	Western Suburbs (TRL)
1987–19??	Randwick
	Total	0	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
19??–1986	Taranaki
1983–1987	Central Districts	5
1986–1989	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	0
1987–1992	Wellington	38
1988–1990	New Zealand Māori
Source: [1]

Barry Kenneth Harvey^[2] is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented his country in three test matches, including matches that counted towards the 1988 World Cup.

Playing career

A 1983 Junior Kiwi, Harvey played for the Western Suburbs club in the Taranaki Rugby League and became a Taranaki and Central Districts representative.^[3]

He was first picked for the New Zealand Kiwis for the 1986 tour of Australia. In 1987 he moved south, joining the Randwick Kingfishers in the Wellington Rugby League.^[4][5] He became a Wellington representative, and later captained the side. New Zealand did not play any test matches in 1987, however Harvey was selected in a New Zealand XIII that lost 14-18 to Queensland.^[6]

Harvey captained the New Zealand Māori team in the 1988 Pacific Cup.^[7] He was again picked for the New Zealand side in 1989 and played one test match against Australia.^[6]

Legacy

In 2008 he was named in the Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century.^[8]

References

1. Barry Harvey rugbyleagueproject.org
2. HARVEY, Barry Kenneth 1986 - 89 - Kiwi #595 Archived April 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. nzleague.co.nz
3. Taranaki Grand Final Countdown Archived July 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. rleague.com, 11 July 2003
4. Kevin Tamati maorisportsawards.co.nz
5. About Us Randwick Kingfishers
6. Team of the Century - Week 7 Wellington Rugby League
7. John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. pp. 252–255. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2.
8. "Dream team of century is named". Taranaki Daily News. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2011.