Roger Boon

{{Short description|New Zealand rugby union player (1935–2023)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Roger Boon

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| birth_name = Roger John Boon

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|02|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = New Plymouth, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|06|09|1935|02|23|df=y}}

| death_place = Whanganui, New Zealand

| ru_position = Hooker

| height = 1.79 m

| weight = 92 kg

| ru_nationalteam = {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| ru_nationalyears = 1960

| ru_nationalcaps = 0

| ru_nationalpoints = (0)

| ru_province = Taranaki

| ru_provinceyears = 1956–1960

| ru_provincecaps = 47

| ru_provincepoints =

| ru_coachclubs = Wanganui

| ru_coachyears = 1982–1984

| occupation = {{Hlist|Builder|farmer}}

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| school = Wanganui Collegiate School

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Roger John Boon (23 February 1935 – 9 June 2023) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Boon represented Taranaki at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1960 tour of South Africa, being called in as replacement for the injured Ron Hemi. He played six matches for the All Blacks on that tour, before suffering an injury that ended his first-class rugby career. Boon did not appear in any Test matches, although he did play in the tour match against Rhodesia. He later served as selector coach of the Wanganui representative team between 1982 and 1984.{{cite web |url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=72 |title=Roger Boon |last=Knight |first=Lindsay |publisher=New Zealand Rugby Union |access-date=20 June 2023}}

Boon died in Whanganui on 9 June 2023, at the age of 88.{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/300906066/gentle-and-kind-off-field-taranaki-legend-roger-boon-remembered-as-a-tough-hooker |title=Gentle and kind off field, Taranaki legend Roger Boon remembered as a tough hooker |first1=Grant |last1=Hassall |first2=Will |last2=Johnston |date=15 June 2023 |work=Stuff |access-date=20 June 2023}}