Kelly Shelford

{{Short description|New Zealand international rugby league footballer & coach}}

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Kelly Shelford (born 4 May 1966) is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand, including in Test matches that counted towards the 1992 World Cup.

Playing career

Shelford was a Manukau Magpies junior and played for the club in the Auckland Rugby League competition. In 1985 he won the Bert Humphries Memorial award as the most improved back in the competition.{{cite web|url=http://www.aucklandleague.co.nz/display_page.asp?item=367|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720073821/http://www.aucklandleague.co.nz/display_page.asp?item=367|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 July 2011|title=Manukau Rugby League and Sports Club Inc|publisher=aucklandleague.co.nz|date=20 July 2011|access-date=1 January 2012}}

Shelford then switched clubs, joining the Glenora Bears. In 1988 he won the Tetley Trophy as the top try scorer in the competition and in 1989 he won the Rothville Trophy as the player of the year.

In 1991 Shelford joined the Otahuhu Leopards.{{cite web|url=http://www.aucklandleague.co.nz/display_page.asp?item=374|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605021652/http://www.aucklandleague.co.nz/display_page.asp?item=374|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2010|title=Otahuhu Rovers Rugby League Football and Sports Club Inc|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=5 June 2010|access-date=1 January 2011}} Shelford was also an Auckland representative and played for the New Zealand Māori side between 1986 and 1997.{{cite book

| last =John Coffey, Bernie Wood

| title = 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008

| publisher =Huia Publishers

| year = 2008

| pages = 245–268

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nklWo8vw-iIC

| isbn =978-1-86969-331-2

| id ={{ISBN|1-86969-331-0}}}}

During the 1980s Shelford also played for the Whitehaven in England, where he played only a small number of games, then left with no explanation.{{cite web|url=http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/home/two-of-recre-s-golden-generation-strive-to-help-haven-rise-again-1.785921?referrerPath=sports|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206233055/http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/home/two-of-recre-s-golden-generation-strive-to-help-haven-rise-again-1.785921?referrerPath=sports|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 December 2010|title=Two Of Recre's Golden Generation Strive to Help Haven Rise Again|publisher=whitehaven-news.co.uk|date=1 December 2010|access-date=1 January 2011}}

Between 1989 and 1991 Shelford was a New Zealand national rugby league team representative, playing in ten Test matches.

In 1991 Shelford joined the Warrington Wolves. Kelly Shelford played {{rlp|lf}} in Warrington's 10-40 defeat by Wigan in the 1994–95 Regal Trophy Final during the 1994–95 season at Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on Saturday 28 January 1995.{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2931|title=28th January 1995: Warrington 10 Wigan 40 (Regal Trophy Final)|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2014|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714151036/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2931|url-status=dead}} He stayed with the club until the 1997 season, when he left midway through the season.{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19970921/ai_n14467887|title=Bear-Hunt!|publisher=Sunday Mirror|date=21 September 1997|access-date=1 January 2018}}

After leaving Warrington, Shelford returned home and joined the Waikato Cougars in the National Provincial Competition.[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-24476965.html Four clinch spots in Maori team]{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Waikato Times, 30 October 1997

In 1998 Shelford served as the player-coach for Hukanui in the Waikato Rugby League.{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-24488160.html|title=Tigers snatch a draw during injury time|publisher=Waikato Times|date=4 May 1998|access-date=1 January 2018}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In 1999 he switched to cross town rivals, the Hamilton City Tigers.{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-24520368.html|title=Shelford helps Tigers to runaway victory|publisher=Waikato Times|date=17 May 1999|access-date=1 January 2018}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Coaching career

Shelford coached the Papakura Sea Eagles in the Auckland Rugby League competition in 2002 and in 2003 Shelford coached the Manurewa Marlins in the Bartercard Cup.{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=3502631|title=Rugby League|date=18 May 2003|work= The New Zealand Herald|access-date=8 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=16309|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910223255/http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=16309|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2012|title=Marlins Tame the Lions|publisher=rleague.com|date=12 May 2003|access-date=1 January 2004}}