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Biography: Jarden, Ronald Alexander

Ronald Jarden reflects on the rugby tests played during the 1956 Springbok tour

Audio file

Hear Ron Jarden (in conversation with Rob Crabtree) looking back on the main events of the rugby tests played during the 1956 Springbok tour. The recording was made about 1980, and begins during a discussion of Jarden's try in the first test in Dunedin. (6 min 30 sec)

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Reference: T2940

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Ron Palenski. 'Jarden, Ronald Alexander', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000, updated February 2006. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/26/ronald-jarden-reflects-on-the-rugby-tests-played-during-the-1956-springbok-tour (accessed 4 June 2026).