Ronald MacDonald was a New Zealand

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footballer who represented

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between 1909 and 1911.

Rugby union career

MacDonald originally played

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and represented

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as a wing-forward.John Coffey and Bernie Wood, ''The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League'', Hodder Moa, Auckland, 2007, p. 37.

Rugby league career

MacDonald, a halfback from Auckland, was part of Auckland's original 1908 rugby league team. He first represented

during the 1909 tour of Australia, playing in all three Test matches. MacDonald scored a try in the first Test match. MacDonald was again selected for New Zealand for the first Test match in New Zealand, against the 1910 Great Britain Lions. MacDonald scored a try in the match. He was part of the

tour of New Zealand at the end of the year.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. . MacDonald was part of the 1911 New Zealand side that toured Australia, playing against

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and

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. He was Auckland's sole Auckland selector in 1911 and later served as a national selector and as Auckland's delegate to the

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