Arthur Stone (rugby union)
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Arthur Stone
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Arthur Massey Stone
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|12|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand
| death_date =
| death_place =
| position = Second five-eighth, centre
| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|82|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}
| repteam2 = New Zealand Māori
| repyears1 = 1981–86
| repyears2 = 1982–83
| repcaps1 = 9
| reppoints1 = 7
| province1 = Waikato
| province2 = Bay of Plenty
| province3 = Otago
| provinceyears1 = 1980–85
| provinceyears2 = 1986
| provinceyears3 = 1987–94
| provinceapps1 = 80
| provincepoints1 =
| school = Trident High School
Rotorua Boys' High School
}}
Arthur Massey Stone (born 19 December 1960) is a former New Zealand rugby union player.
Rugby career
= Ranfurly Shield winning try =
Stone, as a nineteen year old, scored the only try in Waikato's Ranfurly Shield challenge against holders Auckland in 1980. In front of a crowd of 47,000, second division Waikato won the shield as a result 7–3.{{Cite web|last=Seconi|first=Adrian|date=2018-10-13|title=Former Waikato Shield hero firmly backing Otago|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/otago/former-waikato-shield-hero-firmly-backing-otago|access-date=2021-04-20|website=Otago Daily Times |language=en}} Arthur Stone intercepted an Auckland pass and scored in the left hand corner. Keith Quinn, providing the television commentary said "Has he got the legs? Arthur Stone. He's just having a go…now that is a great try for nineteen year-old Arthur Stone."{{Cite web|date=2020-04-17|title=Hell of a Shield Shock from the Red Devils, then the Mooloo men go on the stampede|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/history/121053922/hell-of-a-shield-shock-from-the-red-devils-then-the-mooloo-men-go-on-the-stampede|access-date=2021-04-20|publisher=Stuff|location=New Zealand |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Rugby: Shield once survived knockout challenge|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby-shield-once-survived-knockout-challenge/HAFSOC5BLQPRLXPIS4IUBRYA5Q/|access-date=2021-04-20|website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}
= Provincial and international =
A second five-eighth and centre, Stone represented Waikato, Bay of Plenty, and Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1981 to 1985. He played 23 matches for the All Blacks including nine internationals, scoring five tries and one dropped goal.{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=850 |title = Arthur Stone | last = Waikato RFU | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | access-date = 25 June 2015}} He also played 27 games for the New Zealand Maori team.{{Cite web|title=Arthur Massey Stone|url=https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/arthur-m-stone|url-status=live|access-date=20 April 2021|website=New Zealand Rugby History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115183021/http://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/arthur-m-stone |archive-date=15 January 2015 }}
Arthur Stone moved south to Dunedin in 1987 and played for Otago for seven years. He played in the 1991 Otago team that won the first division championship playing in 16 games that season for Otago and scoring six tries. He played club rugby for Pirates and Kaikorai.
Career after rugby
Since retiring from rugby, Stone has run a building and building contracting company in Dunedin."[http://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/design-living/kitchens/216462/thinking-about-renovating-your-home-dont-make-costly-mistake Thinking About Renovating Your Home? Don't Make This Costly Mistake]", Otago Daily Times, 10 July 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
References
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Category:Rugby union players from Auckland
Category:People educated at Rotorua Boys' High School
Category:People educated at Trident High School
Category:New Zealand international rugby union players
Category:New Zealand rugby union players
Category:Waikato rugby union players
Category:Bay of Plenty rugby union players
Category:Otago rugby union players
Category:Māori All Blacks players
Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
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