1985 v England (Christchurch) W 18-13
1985 v England (Wellington) W 42-15
1985 v Australia (Auckland) W 10-9
1985 v Argentina (Buenos Aires) W 33-20
1985 v Argentina (Buenos Aires) D 21-21
1986 v Australia (Auckland) L 22-9
1986 v France (Toulouse) W 19-7
1986 v France (Nantes) L 16-3
1987 v Argentina (Wellington) W 46-15 (W.Cup)
1990 v Scotland (Dunedin) W 31-16
1990 v Scotland (Auckland) W 21-18
1990 v Australia (Christchurch) W 21-6
1990 v Australia (Auckland) W 27-17
1990 v Australia (Wellington) L 21-9
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1990 v France (Nantes) W 24-3
1990 v France (Paris) W 30-12
1991 v Argentina (Buenos Aires) W 28-14
1991 v Argentina (Buenos Aires) W 36-6
1991 v Australia (Dublin) L 16-6 (W.Cup)
Career Record: P19, W14, D1, L4
Test Points: 105
Tries: 5
Penalties: 23
Conversions: 5
Drop Goals: 2
(R) = Replacement |
Kieran Crowley pictured in 1985 in Toulouse before the game against France.
Photo G.Herringshaw. ©
| On July 10th 1982, at a sparsely inhabited Sydney Cricket Ground, Kieran Crowley played full-back for New Zealand U21s against the Wallaby Colts in a curtain raiser to the Australia-Scotland test. Up against him that day were two teenagers by the name of David Campese and Michael Lynagh, whilst alongside Crowley was a certain Grant Fox. In the second half of a 36-12 drubbing, Campese defied conventional logic by chipping ahead when the outside pass seemed the best option, and sped past Kieran to ground the ball for a wonderful try. When the two met for the sixth and final time nine years later in the World Cup, it would be much the same story. Crowley's full debut came against England in 1985 at Christchurch and he scored six penalties in an 18-13 win. His kicking also helped New Zealand beat Australia in the one off Bledisloe encounter later in the season. However, Crowley made just one appearance in the 1987 World Cup, and for the next three years found himself in the international wilderness due to the dominance of John Gallagher. When Gallagher retired in 1990, Kieran came back into the fold and played in seven consecutive tests, enjoying victories over Scotland, Australia and France. Although he did not travel with the original World Cup party in 1991, he was flown out specially for the semi-final when Terry Wright was injured. Unfortunately, it was to be Australia and David Campese's day. First of all Campo tore up the text book again by running diagonally across the field to score his team's opening try, and later in the first half he eluded Crowley's mistimed tackle to send Tim Horan over for another. The match was lost 16-6, and so Kieran's international involvement ended on the receiving end of a David Campese inspired victory, just like way back in 1982. In total he won 19 caps and scored 105 points. (Jon Collins) |