Ash Gardiner

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Ash Gardiner
Birth nameAshley John Gardiner
Date of birth(1946-12-10)10 December 1946
Place of birthNew Plymouth, New Zealand
Date of death18 January 2021(2021-01-18) (aged 74)
Place of deathNew Plymouth, New Zealand
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight102 kg (225 lb)
SchoolNew Plymouth Boys' High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1966–75 Taranaki 102 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1974 New Zealand 1 (0)

Ashley John Gardiner (10 December 1946 – 18 January 2021) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, All Black number 728. Gardiner represented Taranaki at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1974 on the tours of Australia and Ireland. He played 11 matches for the All Blacks including one international.[1]

Gardiner died in New Plymouth on 18 January 2021.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Knight, Lindsay. "Ashley Gardiner". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. ^ Harvey, Helen (20 January 2021). "Former All Black and Tukapa 'legend' Ash Gardiner dies aged 74". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 February 2021.