Gary Knight (rugby player)


Gary Albert Knight is a former New Zealand rugby union player and amateur wrestler.

Rugby union

A prop, Knight represented Horowhenua and Manawatu at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1977 to 1986. He played 66 matches for the All Blacks, including 36 internationals.
While playing for the All Blacks during the 1981 springbok tour Knight was famously felled by a flour bomb dropped by Marx Jones.

Wrestling

Knight competed for New Zealand in the super heavyweight division of freestyle wrestling at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, winning the bronze medal.