Gary Knight (rugby union)

Rugby player

Gary Knight

Birth name

Gary Albert Knight

Date of birth

(1951-08-26) 26 August 1951 (age 73)

Place of birth

Wellington, New Zealand

Height

1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

107 kg (236 lb)

School

Mana College

Occupation(s)

Farmer

Rugby union career

Provincial / State sides
Position(s)	Prop
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1972 1975–86	Horowhenua Manawatu	7 145	()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1977–86	New Zealand	36	(4)

Medal record

Men's amateur wrestling

Representing New Zealand
British Commonwealth Games
	1974 Christchurch	Freestyle + 100 kg

Gary Albert Knight (born 26 August 1951) is a former New Zealand rugby union player and amateur wrestler.

Rugby union

A prop, Knight represented Horowhenua and Manawatu at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1977 to 1986. He played 66 matches for the All Blacks, including 36 internationals.^[1]

While playing for the All Blacks during the 1981 springbok tour Knight was famously felled by a flour bomb dropped by Marx Jones.^[2]

Wrestling

Knight competed for New Zealand in the super heavyweight (+100 kg) division of freestyle wrestling at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, winning the bronze medal.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Knight, Lindsay. "Gary Knight". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
^ "Film: the third test - 1981 Springbok tour". New Zealand History. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ "Gary Knight". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2014.