James Allan (rugby)

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name = James Allan


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dateofbirth = 1860-09-11
nickname = Taieri Giant
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placeofbirth = Taieri, New Zealand
dateofdeath = 1934-09-02
placeofdeath = Hawera, New Zealand
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James Allan (born 11 September 1860 in Taieri, New Zealand, died 2 September 1934 in Hawera, New Zealand [http://stats.allblacks.com/Profile.asp?ABID=6 James Allan All Blacks Profile] . Retrieved on 22 January 2007.] ) was a former New Zealand rugby union player who played 8 games for the All Blacks, the New Zealand national rugby union team. He is listed as the first All Black in playing order and was nicknamed the Taieri Giant. [ [http://stats.allblacks.com/playorder.asp All Blacks in Playing Order] . Retrieved on 22 January 2007.] Allan played in the first officially recognised national team.

Allan's position was forward and was one of the five original Otago All Blacks. Allan played 6 seasons for Otago, from 1881 to 1886. Allan's 8 All Black appearances came on the 1884 All Blacks tour of Australia on which he scored 3 tries. He was rated as one of the tours valuable players. The tour saw him play 8 of the All Blacks' 9 games in a space of 23 days.

Allan was highly regarded as a forward with reports describing him as a player who was "consistently in the vanguard". Allan was also reported to be never far away from the ball along with being as "hard as nails" During his playing career at Otago, Allan became a distinguished player for the province. He had three other brothers who represented Otago.

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