Ian Matheson Eliason (6 June 1945 – 24 February 2019) was a New Zealand

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player. A

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, Eliason 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 ...

at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the

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, from 1972 to 1973. He played 19 games for the All Blacks but did not appear in any test matches. Eliason died in

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on 24 February 2019.

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