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Robert Read Masters (19 October 1900 – 24 August 1967) was a New Zealand 
After retiring as a player, Masters gave long service as an administrator. He was a member of the executive of the Canterbury Rugby Union from 1931 to 1955, serving as president between 1950 and 1952. He was president of the
rugby union
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player and administrator. A lock
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, Masters represented 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 1923 to 1925. He played 31 matches for the All Blacks including four internationals, scoring six tries in all.
After retiring as a player, Masters gave long service as an administrator. He was a member of the executive of the Canterbury Rugby Union from 1931 to 1955, serving as president between 1950 and 1952. He was president of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is the governing body of rugby union in New Zealand. It was founded in 1892 as the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU), 12 years after the first provincial unions in New Zealand. In 1949 it became an affiliate to t ...
in 1955. Masters was a Canterbury selector from 1928 to 1931, a South Island selector from 1928 to 1939 and 1947 to 1950, and an All Blacks selector in 1949. Between 1935 and 1967, Masters was an editor of the ''New Zealand Rugby Almanack'' with Arthur Carman and Arthur Swan.
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