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Geoffrey Haldane Old (born 22 January 1956) is a former New Zealand
rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
player. Predominantly a number eight, Old represented
Taranaki Taranaki is a regions of New Zealand, region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano Mount Taranaki, Taranaki Maunga, formerly known as Mount Egmont. The main centre is the ...
briefly and then Manawatu at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the
All Blacks The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks, is the representative men's national team in the sport of rugby union for the nation of New Zealand, which is considered the country's national sport. Famed for th ...
, from 1980 to 1983. He played 17 matches for the All Blacks including three internationals. He later coached the Dutch national side between 1997 and 1999.


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Simon Old, All White son of All Black Geoff Old 1956 births Living people People from Eltham, New Zealand People educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Taranaki rugby union players Manawatu rugby union players Rugby union number eights New Zealand rugby union coaches New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate rugby union coaches Netherlands national rugby union team coaches Rugby union players from Taranaki 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1950s-stub