Is Te Puke s Roy Baldock New Zealand s oldest rugby player?
14 Apr, 2021 07:20 PM
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Roy Baldock with his waistcoat covered in badges collected at on Golden Oldies rugby trips.
Stuart Whitaker is editor of the Te Puke Timesstuart.whitaker@nzme.co.nz
In a quarter of a century of playing Golden Oldies rugby, Te Puke s Roy Baldock has never been on a losing side.
He s never been on a winning side either.
Played under IRB laws, with some variations, games are always undecided. Whatever happens before the final whistle, the result is always a draw.
Roy, 86, is, by some margin, the oldest player in the Old Devils, the Golden Oldies team affiliated to Paengaroa s Eastern Districts Rugby Club. He isn t aware of any players anywhere in the country who are older.