Colin Earl Meads (born June 3, 1936 in Cambridge, New Zealand) nicknamed "Pinetree", is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer who played 133 times (55 of these were test matches) as an All Black from 1957 until 1971. He played first as a flanker and number 8 , but was mostly as lock. Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Colin_meads. ... Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Colin_meads. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Cambridge is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. ... Jump to: navigation, search Rugby Union is a team sport that was developed from the rules used to play football at Rugby School in England. ... Jump to: navigation, search All Blacks The All Blacks are the national rugby union representative team of New Zealand. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search A rugby union team is made up of 15 players: eight forwards, numbered from 1 to 8; and seven backs, numbered from 9 to 15. ... Jump to: navigation, search A rugby union team is made up of 15 players: eight forwards, numbered from 1 to 8; and seven backs, numbered from 9 to 15. ... Jump to: navigation, search A rugby union team is made up of 15 players: eight forwards, numbered from 1 to 8; and seven backs, numbered from 9 to 15. ...

Meads captained the All Blacks several times, and although never a regular captain, he holds the record of longest period of captaincy (NOT consecutive games), from the first date (1960) he was appointed captain to the last match he captained (1971).

In 1967, during a game against Scotland, he became the second player ever to be sent off in an international test match. Jump to: navigation, search 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union, a founder member of the International Rugby Board in 1886 with fellow Celtic nations Ireland and Wales. ...

In 1970, Meads broke his arm playing against Eastern Transvaal in South Africa. He emerged from a particularly vicious ruck with his arm dangling horribly. It was an obvious fracture, and yet Meads completed the match. When the doctor cut away his shirt and confirmed the break, Meads muttered, "At least we won the bloody game." Jump to: navigation, search 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search Eastern Transvaal was a province of South Africa, established after the Negro government partitioned Transvaal into several parts; it is known now as Mpumalanga. ...

His brother Stanley Meads played 30 matches as an All Black. In 11 matches Stanley and Colin locked the All Black scrum. Stanley Thomas Meads (born July 12, 1938) was a noted rugby union All Black footballer. ...

Meads was named Player of the Century at the NZRFU Awards dinner in 1999. The New Zealand Rugby Football Union is the governing body of rugby union in New Zealand. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1999(MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

A Colin Meads fan club exists, with the members at their meetings wearing No. 5 jerseys, drinking 5oz beers and reading from "Colin Meads All Black" while planning how to mark the great man's birthday on June 3.

External links

• Colin Meads at AllBlacks.com
• Player profile from Otago
• NZ Rugby Museum profile
• Player listing from Planet Rugby