ru_amateurclubs ru_nationalteam ru_currentposition weight birth_place ru_nationalyears ru_nationalcaps height article_title birth_date ru_nationalpoints ru_position ru_amateuryears
king country new zealand retired 99 kg lbs on arapuni 1961-1966 30 1.91 m ftin on stanley meads
 12 july 1938 -lrb- 12 -rrb- lock , loose forward 1957 -- 66
stanley meads

stanley thomas meads -lrb- born 12 july 1938 in arapuni , new zealand -rrb- was a rugby union footballer and brother of colin meads , considered by some to be one of the greatest rugby footballers of all time .
he played as a lock , no 8 and flanker , and scored four tries for new zealand in 30 games -lrb- 15 tests -rrb- .
he played for king country between 1957 and 1966 , when he abruptly announced his retirement to concentrate on his sheep farm near te kuiti .
