Roy Nurse

Roydon Frederick Nurse was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand [national rugby league team|New Zealand].

Playing career

Nurse played for the Ponsonby United side in the late 1930s and early 1940s before transferring to the Mount [Albert Lions] in the Auckland Rugby League competition and also represented Auckland [rugby league team|Auckland Pakehā] in several matches against Auckland Māori and Auckland.
Nurse played one test match for New Zealand in 1946, becoming List of [New Zealand Kiwis representatives|Kiwi number 286]. The test was against the 1946 [Great Britain Lions tour|touring Great Britain Lions], and New Zealand won 13-8.