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Full name | Leonard Alfred Eriksen [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Len Eriksen is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand in the 1954 World Cup.
A Ponsonby player in the Auckland Rugby League competition. Eriksen was part of the Auckland side that defeated Great Britain 5-4 at Carlaw Park. He was selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1954 and played in three test matches that year, including at the 1954 World Cup.[ citation needed]
In 1958 he was part of the Ponsonby side that won the first ever Auckland grand final, defeating Otahuhu 16-7. [3]
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Full name | Leonard Alfred Eriksen [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Len Eriksen is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand in the 1954 World Cup.
A Ponsonby player in the Auckland Rugby League competition. Eriksen was part of the Auckland side that defeated Great Britain 5-4 at Carlaw Park. He was selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1954 and played in three test matches that year, including at the 1954 World Cup.[ citation needed]
In 1958 he was part of the Ponsonby side that won the first ever Auckland grand final, defeating Otahuhu 16-7. [3]