Greg Rowlands

{{Short description|New Zealand rugby player (1947–2021)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2014}}

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| birth_name = Gregory David Rowlands

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|12|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rotorua, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|08|15|1947|12|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Tauranga, New Zealand

| ru_position = Fullback

| height = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|74|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| repyears1 = 1976

| repcaps1 = 0

| reppoints1 = 0

| ru_province1 = Bay of Plenty

| ru_provinceyears1 = 1969–82

| ru_provinceapps1 = 161

| ru_provincepoints1 = 1008

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| school = Tauranga Boys' College

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Gregory David Rowlands (10 December 1947 – 15 August 2021) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A fullback, Rowlands represented Bay of Plenty at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1976 tour of South America. He played four matches for the All Blacks on the tour including two matches against Argentina, but these were not given full international status by the New Zealand Rugby Union.{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=756 |title = Greg Rowlands | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 29 November 2014}}

Rowlands died in Tauranga on 15 August 2021, aged 73.{{Cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/126083280/bay-of-plenty-rugby-union-mourns-exall-black-fullback-greg-rowlands |title=Bay of Plenty rugby union mourns ex-All Black fullback Greg Rowlands |date=16 August 2021 |work=Stuff.co.nz |access-date=17 August 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=gregory-david-rowlands&pid=199792411 |title=Greg Rowlands death notice |date=17 August 2021 |work=New Zealand Herald |access-date=17 August 2021}}