James Ryan (rugby union player born 1887)
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Ryan James was a New Zealand
rugby union
footballer who represented rugby union four times between 1910 and 1914. A soldier in the Otago Infantry Regiment during World War One, he captained the New Zealand Army team in 1919, leading them to success in the King's Cup.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
footballer who represented rugby union four times between 1910 and 1914. A soldier in the Otago Infantry Regiment during World War One, he captained the New Zealand Army team in 1919, leading them to success in the King's Cup.