Barry Kenneth Harvey is a New Zealand

New Zealand

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 former rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 player who represented his country

New Zealand national rugby league team

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 in three Test matches, including matches that counted towards the 1988 World Cup.

Playing career

Harvey played for the Western Suburbs club in the Taranaki Rugby League

Taranaki Rugby League

Taranaki Rugby League is the local sporting body responsible for the administration of Rugby league in the Taranaki region of New Zealand. The TRL are represented by the Taranaki rugby league team...

 and was a Taranaki

Taranaki rugby league team

The Taranaki rugby league team are New Zealand rugby league team that represents the Taranaki Rugby League. They have been nicknamed the Rockets, Sharks and Wildcats.-1908:...

 and Central Districts representative.

He was first picked for the New Zealand Kiwis in 1986. In 1987 he moved south, joining the Randwick Kingfishers in the Wellington Rugby League

Wellington Rugby League

Wellington Rugby League is the local sporting body responsible for the administration of Rugby league in the Greater Wellington region. It is responsible for the local competition of the same name, as well as its representative team, the Wellington rugby league team.- Local Senior Competition :The...

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Harvey captained the New Zealand Māori team

New Zealand Maori rugby league team

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 in the 1988 Pacific Cup

1988 Pacific Cup

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. He was again picked for the New Zealand side in 1989.