ru_nationalteam birth_place weight height article_title school name birth_date ru_provinceyears ru_position birth_name allblackno allblackid
new zealand māori -rcb- -rcb- opotiki , new zealand 93 kg lb on 1.80 m ftin 0 on frank shelford
 opotiki college frank shelford 16 may 1955 1977 -- 86 flanker frank nuki ken shelford 826 787
frank shelford

frank nuki ken shelford -lrb- born 16 may 1955 -rrb- is a former new zealand rugby union player .
a flanker , shelford represented wellington at a provincial level , and was a member of the new zealand national side , the all blacks , from 1981 to 1985 .
he played 22 matches for the all blacks including four internationals .
of whakatōhea descent , shelford played for new zealand māori , captaining the side against tonga in 1983 .
he won the tom french cup for māori player of the year in 1981 .
shelford was named the supreme winner at the 1984 bay of plenty sports awards .
