Eddie Stokes

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{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Eddie Stokes

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| birth_name = Edward James Taite Stokes

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|06|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

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| position = Centre

| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|92|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| repteam1 = New Zealand Māori

| repteam2 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| repyears1 = 1972–79

| repyears2 = 1976

| repcaps1 = 28

| repcaps2 = 0

| reppoints1 =

| reppoints2 = 0

| province1 = Bay of Plenty

| provinceyears1 = 1971–81

| provinceapps1 = 128

| provincepoints1 =

| school = Mount Maunganui College

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Edward James Taite Stokes (born 26 June 1950) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A centre, Stokes represented Bay of Plenty at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on the 1976 tour of South America. He played in five matches on that tour, including the game against Uruguay for which international caps were not awarded.{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=849 |title = Eddie Stokes | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 12 January 2015}}