Q:Facts: - ru province: poverty bay canterbury - weight: 102 kg stlb on - ru nationalpoints: -lrb- 57 -rrb- - height: 1.90 m ftin on - birth name: ian andrew kirkpatrick - ru nationalyears: 1967 -- 77 - allblackid: 465 - ru nationalcaps: 39 - ru provincecaps: 82 33 - school: king 's college - birth date: 24 may 1946 - name: ian kirkpatrick - allblackno: 666 - birth place: gisborne , new zealand - ru position: flanker - ru provinceyears: 1966 , 1970 -- 79 1967 -- 69 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ian kirkpatrick .
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ian andrew kirkpatrick -lrb- born 24 may 1946 in gisborne -rrb- is a former new zealand rugby union player , who was captain of the new zealand team between 1972 and 1974 .kirkpatrick began his first-class career in 1966 at the age of 20 playing for poverty bay .one year later he moved to christchurch and established himself in the canterbury team .later that year , he made his international debut for the all blacks against france in paris .over the next ten years , kirkpatrick would appear for the all blacks in 39 test matches -lrb- 9 as captain -rrb- , scoring 16 tries which would remain a national record until stu wilson surpassed this total in 1983 .in 1971 , he was a part of the president 's overseas xv that was chosen to play against england to celebrate the centenary of the rugby football union .his domestic career was extensive , and he scored 115 tries in his 289 first class games , becoming one of the few forwards to reach the century .he was also the only man to have captained both islands : the south in 1969 in his last season with canterbury and then the north -lrb- in 1972 -- 73 -rrb- when he had returned home to poverty bay .he also appeared in 33 ranfurly shield matches for canterbury .in 2003 , he was inducted into the international rugby hall of fame .