# Alister Hopkinson

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**Alister Ernest Hopkinson** (30 May 1941 – 17 January 1999) was a New Zealand [rugby union](/source/Rugby_union) player. A [prop](/source/Rugby_union_positions#Prop), Hopkinson represented [South Canterbury](/source/South_Canterbury_Rugby_Football_Union) and [Canterbury](/source/Canterbury_Rugby_Football_Union) at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the [All Blacks](/source/All_Blacks), from 1967 to 1970. He played 35 matches for the All Blacks including nine internationals. He went on to coach the Canterbury team in 1992.[1] Hopkinson died of cancer in 1999.[2]

## References

1. Knight, Lindsay. ["Alister Hopkinson"](http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=400). New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

1. ["Broomhall steps up for shield defence"](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=2147112). *New Zealand Herald*. 23 July 2002. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

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