Bill Kells
New Zealand international rugby league footballer and coach
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William Robert Kells[2] is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer, and coach who represented New Zealand.
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| Full name | William Robert Kells | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 February 1958 New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Stand-off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
From the Huntly area, Kells was a Waikato representative and was selected in the New Zealand national rugby league team squad in 1980.[3] Kells spent the 1982/83 season with Bradford Northern in England.[citation needed]
Coaching career
In 1997 and 1998 Kells coached Waikato.[4][5] Waikato won the 1997 National Provincial Competition.[citation needed]
He coached Northern Districts in 2001 against France.[6][7] In 2003 Kells was the co-coach of the Ngaruawahia Panthers in the Waikato Rugby League.[8]