Ronald MacDonald (rugby)

Ronald MacDonald

Personal information
Full name	Ronald Amelioran MacDonald[1]
Born	New Zealand
Playing information
Rugby union
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1904–07 Ponsonby RFC 33 2 0 0 6 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1907 Auckland 6 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
Position	Wing, Five-eighth, Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1909 North Shore Albions 2 0 0 0 0 1910–11 Ponsonby United 10 4 0 0 12 Total 12 4 0 0 12 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1908–1910 Auckland 10 1 0 0 3 1909–11 New Zealand 4 2 0 0 6
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Ronald MacDonald was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand between 1909 and 1911.

MacDonald originally played rugby union and represented Auckland as a wing-forward.^[3]

MacDonald, a halfback from Auckland, was part of Auckland's original 1908 rugby league team.^[3] He first represented New Zealand during the 1909 tour of Australia, playing in all three Test matches. MacDonald scored a try in the first Test match.^[2]

MacDonald was again selected for New Zealand for the first Test match in New Zealand, against the 1910 Great Britain Lions. MacDonald scored a try in the match. He was part of the Auckland tour of New Zealand at the end of the year.^[4]

MacDonald was part of the 1911 New Zealand side that toured Australia, playing against New South Wales and Queensland.^[1] He was Auckland's sole Auckland selector in 1911 and later served as a national selector and as Auckland's delegate to the New Zealand Rugby League.^[3]