Birth name | Stanley Thomas Meads | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 12 July 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Arapuni, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 99 kg (218 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Te Kuiti High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Colin Meads (brother) Rhonda Wilcox (niece) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Farmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stanley Thomas Meads (born 12 July 1938) is a New Zealand former rugby union player and brother of Colin Meads. He played as a lock, number eight and flanker, and scored four tries for New Zealand in 30 games (15 tests). He played for King Country between 1957 and 1966, when he abruptly announced his retirement to concentrate on his sheep farm near Te Kūiti.[1]