Neville Black

Neville Black

Full name	Neville Wyatt Black
Date of birth	(1925-04-25)25 April 1925
Place of birth	Kawakawa, New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death	Rotorua, New Zealand
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
School	Rotorua Boys' High School
Occupation(s)	Wool classer Garage proprietor
Rugby league career
Position	Stand-off
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
1957–60	Ngongotaha
Professional clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1951–53 1953–56	Wigan Keighley
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	First five-eighth Halfback
New Zealand No.	485
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1948–51	Auckland
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1949	New Zealand	1	(0)

Neville Wyatt Black (25 April 1925 – 24 January 2016) was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league player who represented New Zealand in rugby union.

Rugby union career

A rugby union first five-eighth, Black played for Ponsonby RFC. He represented Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1949 tour of South Africa. He played 10 matches for the All Blacks on that tour, three of them at halfback, including one international.

Rugby league career

In 1951 he switched codes, signing for Wigan. He made his debut on 22 December 1951. He later also played three matches for the Other Nationalities side in the European Rugby League Championship.

In 1953 he, along with four other Wigan players, signed with Keighley.

He returned to New Zealand in 1957 and played for the Ngongotaha club.

Later years

Black died in Rotorua on 24 January 2016.