Date of birth c. 1871 Weight 71 kg (157 lb) Years Club / team | Date of death 16 July 1908 New Zealand No. 78 Died 16 July 1908 | |
Position Halfback
Five-Eighth
Wing-forward | ||
Ernest Glennie (c.1871 — 16 July 1908) was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented the All Blacks in 1897. His positions of choice were halfback, five-eighth and wing-forward.
Career
Glennie initially played for the Pirates club in Invercargill.
He then moved to Canterbury, and played for the Linwood club in Christchurch. It was here Glennie made the Canterbury provincial side, playing nine games between 1896 and 1897. He played mostly as a forward.
He was described as a "speedy wing-forward".
After playing in the inaugural South against North Island match in 1897, Glennie was selected for the 11-match tour of Australia, that same year.
Glennie played in six matches on the tour, three of these played as a wing-forward (modern day flanker), two as a halfback and one as a five-eighth.
He scored four tries as an All Black totalling twelve points.