Bruce Gall is a New Zealand

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player who represented

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Playing career

Gall played in the Taranaki Rugby League and represented

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. In 1976 Gall played for the

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against the touring Sydney Metropolitan side.Air New Zealand Rugby League Annual 1977 ''New Zealand Rugby League'', 1977. p.p.10-11. In 1979 he played for the

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side that won the Inter-Districts competition.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. . He was selected for the

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on the 1980 tour of Great Britain and France. Gall did not play in a test match but did play in 8 games for the Kiwis, scoring 3 tries. In 1982 Gall played in three test matches for New Zealand against Australia and Papua New Guinea, scoring one try.GALL, Bruce Percy - 1980, 1982
''nzleague.co.nz'' Gall moved to Sydney in 1983, joining the

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in the

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. He played in eleven matches over two seasons, scoring one try.

Legacy

In 2008 he was named in the Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century.

References

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