{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Tony Kreft | honorific-suffix = | image = | caption = | birth_name = Anthony John Kreft | birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|03|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Milton, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|09|15|1945|03|27|df=yes}} | death_place = Dunedin, New Zealand | position = Prop | height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|98|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}} | repyears1 = 1968 | repcaps1 = 1 | reppoints1 = 0 | province1 = {{Rut|Otago}} | provinceyears1 = 1966–1970 | provinceapps1 = 60 | provincepoints1 = | school = Ranfurly High School }}
'''Anthony John Kreft''' (27 March 1945 – 15 September 2023) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Kreft represented {{Rut|Otago}} at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1968 tour of Australia. He played four matches for the All Blacks on that tour, including one international.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=475 |title = Anthony Kreft | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 13 January 2018}}</ref>
Kreft died in Dunedin on 15 September 2023, at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/nz/obituaries/southland-times-nz/name/anthony-kreft-obituary?id=53122676 |title=Anthony Kreft obituary |date=18 September 2023 |work=Southland Times |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>
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