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George Maurice Victor Sellars (16 April 1886 – 7 June 1917) was a rugby union player who represented New Zealand fifteen times, including two Test matches. He played club rugby for Ponsonby, and was first selected for Auckland in 1910, and in 1912 gained international selection for New Zealand Māori. Sellars was selected for the All Blacks – as New Zealand's international team is known – for their 1913 tour of North America where he played fourteen matches. As well, he was also in the All Blacks' side that played Australia immediately prior to their tour. Although unavailable to play for New Zealand the following year, he did represent the Māori again that season. In 1915 Sellars enlisted for service in the First War War, and he was fatally wounded in 1917 at the Battle of Messines.[1] He has no known grave and his name is among those recorded on the Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, at the Messines Ridge British Cemetery.[2]

George Sellars
Date of birth(1886-04-16)16 April 1886
Place of birthAuckland, New Zealand
Date of death(1917-06-07)7 June 1917 (age 31)
Place of deathMessines, Belgium
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight76 kg (12.0 st)
SchoolNapier Street School (Auckland)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1906–14 Ponsonby ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
  • 1909–1914
  • 1912
  • North Island
    • 29
  • 1
  • ()
    International career
    Years Team Apps (Points)
    • 1913
  • 1912, 1914
  • New Zealand Māori
  • 15 (6)
    A team of men wearing blazers and hats posing for a formal photo.
    The New Zealand team before their departure to North America in 1913. Sellars is sitting in the second row on the far left.

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    1. ^ "George Sellars". allblacks.com. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  • ^ McGibbon 2001, p. 30.
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