About: Herb Lilburne

Herbert Theodore Lilburne (16 March 1908 – 12 June 1976) was a New Zealand dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s, and coached rugby union in the 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for New Zealand, , , Canterbury and Wellington, and at club level for , as a Fullback, Centre, or Fly-half, i.e. number 15, or, 13 or 12, or 10, and representative level rugby league (RL), for New Zealand and Wellington as a winger, i.e. number 2 or 5, and having been reinstated from rugby league in the World War II amnesty, coached club level rugby union (RU) for . Following the injuries to the New Zealand (RU) captain Cliff Porter, and vice-captain Bill Dalley, Herb Lilburne was appointed captain for the first test of N