Duncan Hales

{{Short description|New Zealand international rugby union player (1947–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2015}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Duncan Hales

| honorific_suffix =

| image = DuncanHales1972.jpg

| caption = Hales in 1972

| nickname =

| birth_name = Duncan Alister Hales

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|11|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Dannevirke, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|01|08|1947|11|22|df=yes}}

| death_place = United Kingdom

| ru_position = Three-quarter

| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|85|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| repteam1 = New Zealand Universities

| repteam2 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| repyears1 = 1972

| repyears2 = 1972–73

| repcaps1 =

| repcaps2 = 4

| reppoints1 =

| reppoints2 = 0

| province1 = Canterbury

| province2 = Hawke's Bay

| province3 = Manawatu

| provinceyears1 = 1971–73

| provinceyears2 = 1974

| provinceyears3 = 1975–77

| provinceapps1 = 26

| provinceapps2 = 1

| provinceapps3 = 37

| provincepoints1 =

| occupation = Chiropractor

| school = Dannevirke High School

| university = Lincoln College
Palmer College of Chiropractic

}}

Duncan Alister Hales (22 November 1947 – 8 January 2024) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A three-quarter, Hales represented Canterbury, Manawatu and, briefly, Hawke's Bay at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1972 to 1973. He played 27 matches for the All Blacks including four internationals.{{cite web |url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=351 |title=Duncan Hales |last=Knight |first=Lindsay |publisher=New Zealand Rugby Union |access-date=11 April 2015}}

After retiring from rugby, Hales studied in the United States to become a chiropractor. He died in the United Kingdom on 8 January 2024, at the age of 76.{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/301037794/captain-from-manawats-golden-era-of-rugby-all-black-duncan-hales-dies |title=Captain from Manawatū's golden era of rugby, All Black Duncan Hales, dies |first=George |last=Heagney |date=10 January 2024 |work=Stuff |access-date=10 January 2024}}