Mervyn William Rutherford Jaffray (born 18 January 1949) is a former New Zealand

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player. A back rower, Jaffray represented

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

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, on their 1976 tour to South America. He played four matches for the All Blacks but no full internationals.

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