289 first-class games and scored 115 tries. He is to date also the only man to have captained both islands: the South in 1969 in his last season with Canterbury and then the North (in 1972–73) when he had returned home to Poverty Bay. He also appeared in 33 Ranfurly Shield matches for Canterbury. Later life In the 1980 Queen's Birthday Honours, Kirkpatrick was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to rugby. In 2003, he was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame. From 2005 to 2010 Kirkpatrick served as a part-time mentor with the Hurricanes Super Rugby franchise. In May 2020 he was named New Zealand Rugby's patron after the death of Sir Brian Lochore in 2019. In an interview with the news website Stuff that same month, Kirkpatrick expressed his concerns for the physical wellbeing of modern rugby players. References External links Profile at World Rugby - Hall of Fame 100 Greatest All Blacks: Ian Kirkpatrick video interview with Wynne Gray 1946 births Living people New Zealand international rugby union players New Zealand rugby union players Canterbury rugby union players Rugby union flankers World Rugby Hall of Fame inductees People educated at King's College, Auckland Rugby union players from Gisborne, New Zealand Poverty Bay rugby union players New Zealand Members of the Order of the British Empire