Graham Sims

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| name = Graham Sims

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| birth_name = Graham Scott Sims

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|06|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Featherston, New Zealand

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| position = Centre

| height = {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|80|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| repyears1 = 1972

| repcaps1 = 1

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| province1 = Otago

| province2 = Canterbury

| provinceyears1 = 1971–73

| provinceyears2 = 1974–75

| provinceapps1 = 28

| provinceapps2 = 12

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| school = Wanganui Boys' College

| university = University of Otago

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Graham Scott Sims (born 25 June 1951) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A centre, Sims represented Otago and Canterbury at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1972, playing a single test match against the touring Australian team.{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=795 |title = Graham Sims | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 19 October 2014}}

He later served as New Zealand's trade commissioner and consul-general to Vietnam, based in Ho Chi Minh City.{{cite news | title=Caps for Burgess, Cullen | date=14 July 2010 | work=Manawatu Standard | page=24}}{{cite news | url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1103/S00341/nz-community-in-vietnam-raises-100000-for-earthquake.htm | title= NZ community in Vietnam raises $100,000 for earthquake | date=7 March 2011 | work=Scoop Independent News | accessdate=19 October 2014}}

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