Ken Yanz

Ken Yanz
Full name Kenneth Yanz[1]
Date of birth (1929-05-18)18 May 1929[1]
Place of birth Hornsby, New South Wales [1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position flanker[1]
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Gordon RFC
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1958[1] Wallabies 1[1] (0)[1]

Kenneth Yanz (born 18 May 1929) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.

Yanz, a flanker, was born in Hornsby, New South Wales and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia on the Wallabies' 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France and played for New South Wales.

Career

Born in the Sydney suburb of Hornsby, Yanz learned his rugby playing for the Lane Cove Rugby Club and Gordon Juniors. After high school, he worked his way up through Gordon. He played regularly in North Harbour v South Harbour matches and for the Sydney XV and was selected for the Australia national rugby union team 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France. He played in the Test against France in Paris. He later played for the New South Wales Team and was appointed Captain of Gordon, where he set a club record for games played.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Scrum.com player profile of Ken Yanz". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. ↑ Jack Pollard, Australian Rugby Union the Game and the Players, Angus & Robertson, 1984.


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