# George Adkins

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**George Thomas Augustus Adkins** (21 August 1910 – 24 May 1976) was a New Zealand [rugby union](/source/Rugby_union) player. A [prop](/source/Rugby_union_positions#Prop), Adkins represented South Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the [All Blacks](/source/All_Blacks), from 1935 to 1936. He never played a full test but was part of the [1935–36 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and Canada](/source/1935%E2%80%9336_New_Zealand_rugby_union_tour_of_Britain,_Ireland_and_Canada) playing against local sides.[citation needed]

A draper before serving with the RNZAF in the Pacific during World War II, Adkins was subsequently a senior civil servant with the Department of Labour.

Adkins died in Timaru on 24 May 1976.[1]

## References

1. ["Stats | allblacks.com"](http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=2). *stats.allblacks.com*. Retrieved 2020-04-29.

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