Tom Metcalfe

Thomas Charles Metcalfe (13 May 1909 — 26 May 1969) was a New Zealand rugby union international.

Tom Metcalfe

Full name	Thomas Charles Metcalfe
Date of birth	(1909-05-13)13 May 1909
Place of birth	Invercargill, New Zealand
Date of death	26 May 1969(1969-05-26) (aged 60)
Place of death	Dunedin, New Zealand
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose forward International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1931–32 New Zealand 2 (0)

Born in Invercargill, Metcalfe played with the city's Pirates club and made a total of 63 appearances for Southland in representative rugby.^[1] He was captain of the Southland team which defeated the touring Wallabies in 1931.^[2]

Metcalfe, a loose forward, was capped twice by the All Blacks during the early 1930s. He debuted in the back row against the Wallabies at Eden Park in 1931, which was the last occasion that the All Blacks packed a 2–3–2 scrum in a Test match.^[3] The following year, Metcalfe was on the tour of Australia, where he played in the 1st Test in Sydney.^[2]

See also

• List of New Zealand national rugby union players