David Kirk

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David Kirk
MBE
Birth nameDavid Edward Kirk
Date of birth (1960-10-05) 5 October 1960 (age 63)
Place of birthWellington, New Zealand
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
SchoolWanganui Collegiate School
UniversityUniversity of Otago
Worcester College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Chief Executive Officer/Director of Rugby
Rugby union career
Position(s) Halfback
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1982–84
1985–87
Auckland
 27
40		 (24)
(48)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1983–87
1983-85		 New Zealand
NZ Universities		 17
9		 (24)
(4)

David Edward Kirk

All Blacks when they won the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987
.

Early years

Kirk was born in

MB ChB
.

Rugby union career

Kirk played domestic rugby for

Auckland, and first toured with the All Blacks in 1983. He stood out from his fellow players as "urbane, articulate and thoughtful,"[2] and when the planned 1986 All Black tour to South Africa was cancelled David and John Kirwan were the only two players to refuse to join the rebel "Cavaliers" team on moral grounds—he felt that it would give comfort to the apartheid
regime.

With the rebels banned from playing in the next two All Black test he captained the so-called "

1987 Rugby World Cup Final
.

He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1988 New Year Honours, for services to rugby.[4]

All Blacks statistics

  • Tests: 17 (11 as captain)
  • Games: 17 (0 as captain)
  • Total matches: 34 (11 as captain)
  • Test points: 24pts (6t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)
  • Game points: 44pts (11t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)
  • Total points: 68pts (17t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)

Post-rugby life

Kirk abruptly retired from competitive rugby after the World Cup win, at the age of 26, to take up a

PPE
.

After his studies at Oxford, he returned to New Zealand, becoming the coach of the

Wellington NPC team in 1993 and 1994 and also a media commentator. A National Party member, he sought the party's nomination for the 1992 Tamaki by-election, losing to Clem Simich.[5] Kirk was also a staffer for Prime Minister Jim Bolger, and worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company
. Later he was employed by Fletcher Challenge, then New Zealand's largest company, and one of its successors, Fletcher Energy.

From October 2005 to December 2008

The Christchurch Press
in New Zealand. On occasions he wrote articles for Fairfax - commentating on rugby when journalists were on strike.

His most recent involvement with rugby came in late 2009, when he led an independent arbitration panel appointed by

Australia) over whether the planned 15th franchise in the Super Rugby competition would be awarded to Australia or South Africa, Ultimately, Melbourne was chosen and began play in 2011
.

On 24 October 2011, Kirk was inducted into the

IRB Hall of Fame alongside all other Rugby World Cup-winning captains and head coaches from the tournament's inception in 1987 through to 2007 (minus the previously inducted John Eales).[7]

Current business roles

He is also a director of a number of companies, including:

Kirk is a member of the Lord Howe Island Board, having been appointed by the NSW Minister for the Environment as the representative of business and tourism on the board, a specified position on the board.[10] He was appointed on 27 November 2018 and will remain on the board until 26 November 2021.

References

  1. ^ Fairfax NZ News (26 January 2009). "David Kirk now half Australian". stuff. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  2. ^ Rugby Heroes
  3. ^ "All Blacks at the World Cup". All Blacks. 26 November 2003. Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2007.
  4. ^ "No. 51173". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1987. p. 34.
  5. ^ Hubbard, Anthony (29 May 2011). "David Kirk tells of life after rugby". Stuff. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  6. ^ http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/081205/3/9mfr.html [dead link]
  7. ^ "RWC legends inducted into IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Fairfax Media Limited (FXJ): Redirects to News & Announcements". Archived from the original on 11 December 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011. /091111TradeMeIPOlodged.pdf
  9. ^ "David Kirk appointed to Forsyth Barr board", 2009, NZ Herald
  10. ^ Anonymous (19 June 2015). "David Kirk MBE - Appointed Member". www.lhib.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

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