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{{for|Welsh sevens player|David Evans (rugby union, born 1988)}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|first               = RU
|name                = Dave Evans
|fullname            = David Alexander Evans
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|birth_date          = {{birth date|1886|10|04|df=y}}
|birth_place         = [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]], New Zealand
|death_date          = {{death date and age|1940|10|12|1886|10|04|df=y}}
|death_place         = Napier, New Zealand
|weight              = {{convert|86.64|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
|ru_position         = [[Lock (rugby union)|Lock]], [[Flanker (rugby union)|Flanker]]
|position            ={{rlp|SR}}
|ru_club1            = [[Napier RFC]]
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|ru_teamA            = [[Hawke's Bay Rugby Union|Hawke's Bay]]
|ru_yearAstart       = 1906
|ru_yearAend         = 10
|ru_appearancesA     = 19
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|ru_teamE            = [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]]
|ru_yearEstart       = 1910
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|ru_appearancesE     = 1
|ru_triesE           = 0
|ru_goalsE           = 0
|ru_fieldgoalsE      = 0
|ru_pointsE          = 0
|club1               = City ([[Hawke's Bay Rugby League|HBRL]])
|year1start          = 1911
|year1end            = 12
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|tries1              = 3
|goals1              = 1
|fieldgoals1         = 0
|points1             = 11
|club2               = City-Kia Ora ([[Hawke's Bay Rugby League|HBRL]])
|year2start          = 1911
|year2end            =
|appearances2        = 1
|tries2              = 0
|goals2              = 0
|fieldgoals2         = 0
|points2             = 0
|teamA               = [[Hawke's Bay rugby league team|Hawke's Bay]]
|yearAstart          = 1911
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|pointsA             = 7
|teamB               = Napier (sub-union)
|yearBstart          = 1911
|yearBend            =
|appearancesB        = 1
|triesB              = 0
|goalsB              = 0
|fieldgoalsB         = 0
|pointsB             = 0
|teamC               = [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]]
|yearCstart          = 1912
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|appearancesC        = 5
|triesC              = 0
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'''David Alexander Evans''' (4 October 1886 – 12 October 1940) was a New Zealand [[List of dual-code rugby internationals|dual-code international]] rugby player who represented [[New Zealand]] in both [[New Zealand national rugby union team|rugby union]] and [[New Zealand national rugby league team|rugby league]].
==Playing career==
===Rugby union===
Evans began his career playing [[rugby union]] and represented [[Hawke's Bay Rugby Union|Hawke's Bay]] 19 times from 1906.<ref name=abs>{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=262|title = David Evans| last = Knight| first = Lindsay| publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union| accessdate = 12 October 2015}}</ref> He made the [[1910 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|1910 New Zealand tour of Australia]] and played in the 0–11 Test defeat by Australia at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] on 27 June 1910, becoming the Hawke's Bay's third representative.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/newzealand/rugby/player/2161.html|title=
Dave Evans New Zealand|publisher=ESPN|date=31 December 2010|accessdate=3 July 2022}}</ref>
===Rugby league===
While in Australia, Evans had been impressed by the [[rugby league]] code and, in 1911, he was instrumental in helping to persuade three Hawke's Bay clubs – Clive, Ahuriri and Kia Toa – to switch ''en masse'' to rugby league.<ref name=abs/> A [[Hawke's Bay rugby league team]] representative, he represented [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]] on the [[1912 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia|1912 tour of Australia]], where no test matches were played.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=E&id=73|title=New Zealand Player Profiles – EVANS, David Alexander – 1912|publisher=New Zealand League|accessdate=3 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501013634/http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=E&id=73|archive-date=1 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> He played 5 matches for New Zealand on the tour.
He played for the City club in the inaugural Hawke's Bay rugby league competition in 1911 playing 11 matches and 1 match for a combined City-Kia Ora team against Clive-Ahuriri for charity. In the same season he played three matches for Hawke's Bay (two against Wanganui and one against [[Auckland rugby league team|Auckland]]). He also played a match for the Napier team against Dannevirke. In 1912, he played for Hawke's Bay against [[Wellington rugby league team|Wellington]] and then against the touring [[New South Wales rugby league team]].
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[[Category:1886 births]]
[[Category:1940 deaths]]
[[Category:Dual-code rugby internationals]]
[[Category:Hawke's Bay rugby league team players]]
[[Category:Hawke's Bay rugby union players]]
[[Category:New Zealand international rugby union players]]
[[Category:New Zealand national rugby league team players]]
[[Category:New Zealand rugby league players]]
[[Category:New Zealand rugby union players]]
[[Category:Rugby league players from Napier, New Zealand]]
[[Category:Rugby league second-rows]]
[[Category:Rugby union flankers]]
[[Category:Rugby union locks]]
[[Category:Rugby union players from Napier, New Zealand]]