Wayne Shelford
| Full name | Wayne Thomas Shelford | ||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Buck | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 December 1957 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rotorua, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Western Heights High School | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) |
Darrall Shelford (brother) Frank Shelford (uncle) Adrian Shelford (cousin) Exia Shelford (cousin) |
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| Spouse | Joanna Shelford | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | No. 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand No. | 860 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| 1974–91 1985–86 1991–93 1993–95 |
North Shore Wasps Northampton Rugby Roma |
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1982–85 1985–91 |
Auckland North Harbour |
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
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1982–90 1986–90 |
New Zealand Navy New Zealand Māori New Zealand |
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(20) |
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1997–2002 2002–03 |
North Harbour Saracens |
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Wayne Thomas "Buck" Shelford MBE (born 13 December 1957) is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach who represented and captained New Zealand (the All Blacks) in the late 1980s. He is also credited with bringing about the improved performance of the All Blacks' traditional "Ka Mate" haka.
After playing for Western Heights High School First XV, Shelford was selected for the Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools and Auckland age grade sides, and made his Auckland provincial debut in 1982. In 1985, when the North Harbour Rugby Union was created, he moved with it as his club side was a member. This was the same year he was first selected for the All Blacks, for the later abandoned South Africa tour.
Shelford's first game for the All Blacks was against Club Atlético San Isidro in Buenos Aires on 12 October 1985. He then joined the unauthorised Cavaliers tour of South Africa in 1986, which included 28 of the 30 players selected for the original tour.
Shelford made his Test debut for the All Blacks later that year against France in a 19–7 victory in Toulouse, and then was a notable victim of the infamous "Battle of Nantes" in the second Test. Roughly 20 minutes into the match, he was caught at the bottom of a rather aggressive ruck, and an errant French boot found its way into Shelford's groin, somehow ripping his scrotum and leaving one testicle hanging free. He also lost four teeth in the process. Incredibly, after discovering the injury to his scrotum, he calmly asked the physio to stitch up the tear and returned to the field before a blow to his head left him concussed. He was substituted and watched the remainder of the game from the grandstand where he witnessed the All Blacks lose 16–3. To this day Shelford has no memory of the game.
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