Bruce McPhail

{{Short description|New Zealand rugby union player (1937–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Bruce McPhail | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Bruce Eric McPhail | birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|01|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Ashburton, New Zealand | death_place = Hamilton, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|07|21|1937|01|26|df=yes}} | position = Wing | height = | weight = | repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}} | repyears1 = 1959 | repcaps1 = 2 | reppoints1 = 0 | province1 = Mid Canterbury | province2 = Canterbury | province3 = Nelson | provinceyears1 = 1956 | provinceyears2 = 1957–59 | provinceyears3 = 1960–63 | provinceapps1 = 6 | provinceapps2 = 24 | provinceapps3 = 35 | provincepoints1 = | school = Ashburton High School }} '''Bruce Eric McPhail''' (26 January 1937 – 21 July 2020) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing, McPhail represented Mid Canterbury, Canterbury, and Nelson at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1959. He played two matches for the All Blacks, both of them tests against the touring British Lions.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=598 |title = Bruce McPhail | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 1 April 2015}}</ref>

McPhail died in Hamilton on 21 July 2020.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/300062464/former-all-blacks-wing-bruce-mcphail-dies-aged-83 |title=Former All Blacks wing Bruce McPhail dies aged 83 |date=21 July 2020 |work=Stuff.co.nz |first=Richard |last=Knowler |accessdate=2 August 2020}}</ref>

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