HomeImagesTeam Photo: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Football Union, Winners of First Fifteen National Championship, April 1994

Team Photo: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Football Union, Winners of First Fifteen National Championship, April 1994

Back Row (left to right): Jonathan Page (Manager), George Hirini, Clive Morgan, Shane Fenwick, Bill Archibald, Rodney Roberts, Kevin Carroll, Phonse Carroll (Coach). Front Row (left to right): Leith Tangiwai, Grant Billing, Tony Kuklinski, Jamie Kuklinski (Coach), Paul Batten (Vice-captain), Daniel Kuklinski, Hamish Potts, Peter Barker (Assistant Coach). Absent: Eddie Hokianga, Darren Roberts, Bill Tindall, Graeme Buckley.

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Bill (William) Archibald
Bill (William) Archibald
Bill (William) Tindall
Bill (William) Tindall
Clive Morgan
Clive Morgan
Daniel Kuklinski
Daniel Kuklinski
Darren Roberts
Darren Roberts
Eddie Hokianga
Eddie Hokianga
George Hiri
George Hiri
Graeme Buckley
Graeme Buckley
Grant Billing
Grant Billing
Hamish Potts
Hamish Potts
Jamie Kuklinski
Jamie Kuklinski
Jonathan Page
Jonathan Page
Kevin Carroll
Kevin Carroll
Leith Tangiwai
Leith Tangiwai
Paul Batten
Paul Batten
Peter Barker
Peter Barker
Phonse Carroll
Phonse Carroll
Rodney Roberts
Rodney Roberts
Shane Fenwick
Shane Fenwick
Tony Kuklinski
Tony Kuklinski

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Taonga source:
Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, 1994-P001-MDS
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