Name Tony Coll | ||
Grapplers Quest, Canadian Nationals- 2010, Tony Collrin vs Khalil Moreland, Gold Medal Match
Anthony Peter "Tony" Coll is a New Zealand former rugby league player and coach who represented his country in three World Cups.
Contents
- Grapplers Quest Canadian Nationals 2010 Tony Collrin vs Khalil Moreland Gold Medal Match
- Playing career
- Later years
- References
Playing career
A West Coast representative, Coll played in 65 games (including 30 tests) for the New Zealand Kiwis including three world cups. Coll trialled for the 1971 Kiwis unsuccessfully, however he was selected the following year. He was the Kiwis captain at the 1977 World Cup.
Coll also had a brief spell in the Canterbury Rugby League competition, playing with Marist-Western Suburbs and representing Canterbury.
Later years
Coll coached the West Coast in 1986 and 1987.
He was made a New Zealand Rugby League "Legends of League" in 2007.
He currently runs a sports store in Greymouth. In 2011 Coll was elected to the Grey District Council in a by-election.