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Maurice "Mocky" Patrick Brereton is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented his country in the 1970 and 1972 World Cups and one match in the 1975 World Championship Series.
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Playing career
Brereton was originally from the West Coast and made his New Zealand Kiwis debut in 1969 while playing for the Greymouth Marist club.
Brereton then moved to Christchurch, joining the Marist-Western Suburbs club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition in 1970. He was part of the 1970 and 1972 World Cup Squads. In 1975 he played one match in the World Championship Series but was not selected for the squad for the October finals. Instead he played for Canterbury in the side that defeated Auckland in the New Zealand Rugby League final. Brereton played in 24 tests and scored 25 tries in 50 matches for the Kiwis. Brereton also represented the South Island, Southern Zone, New Zealand Marist and Rest of New Zealand.
Brereton's 46 tries for Canterbury is a district record, as is his 156 tries for Marist-Western Suburbs.
Later years
Brereton coached Marist-Western Suburbs in 1977 and was elected the club president of the Marist-Western Suburbs club in 1985.
Personal life
Brereton was a Police detective from his playing days until his retirement in 1995, after 25 years in the force. In 1971 he was the New Zealand Police's "Sportsman of the Year". In 2006 it was announced he was suffering from Parkinson's disease. He works as the publican at the Ashley Hotel.