Dallas Mead
Encyclopedia
Dallas Mead is a New Zealand
former professional wrestler and rugby league
player who played professionally for Warrington
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. He was part of the side that lost the Grand Final that year.
He was signed by Warrington
on a one year deal in 1997 and played his first game for the club on the 21 January 1997. However in just his second match, on the 28 January, Mead suffered a serious knee injury. He was later informed that the injury required surgery and in April he returned to New Zealand to undergo an operation.
Mead returned to the Warriors in 1998 and was selected for the New Zealand Māori
tour of the Cook Islands
.
.
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...
former professional wrestler and 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 played professionally for Warrington
Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club based in Warrington, England that competes in Super League. They play at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2003....
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Playing career
In 1995 Mead was signed by the new Auckland Warriors franchise and played for the Warriors Colts in the Lion Red CupLion Red Cup
The Lion Red Cup was a New Zealand domestic rugby league competition that ran from 1994-1996 sponsored by brewers Lion Nathan. It was created due to the increase in public awareness of domestic rugby league due to the Auckland Warriors being accepted into the Winfield Cup. The competition was a...
. He was part of the side that lost the Grand Final that year.
He was signed by Warrington
Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club based in Warrington, England that competes in Super League. They play at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2003....
on a one year deal in 1997 and played his first game for the club on the 21 January 1997. However in just his second match, on the 28 January, Mead suffered a serious knee injury. He was later informed that the injury required surgery and in April he returned to New Zealand to undergo an operation.
Mead returned to the Warriors in 1998 and was selected for the New Zealand Māori
New Zealand Maori rugby league team
-See also:* New Zealand national rugby league team* New Zealand Māori rugby union team* New Zealand Māori cricket team-External links:* Google Books...
tour of the Cook Islands
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
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Later years
Mead later became a professional wrestler. He competed in the 2007 NZPWI InvitationalNZPWI Invitational
The NZPWI Invitational was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event hosted by the website New Zealand Pro Wrestling Informer . The event was the first interpromotional show ever held in New Zealand and featured wrestlers from the country's three major promotions Impact Pro Wrestling, Kiwi Pro...
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