Sam Lowrie

[2] His grandnephew, Jason Lowrie, also represented New Zealand in rugby league.

In 1928 he was living at 66 Beresford Street and working as a chamber hand.

Lowrie played for the Ponsonby club in the Auckland Rugby League competition.

[citation needed] In 1922 Lowrie toured Australia, with the New Zealand Māori rugby league team.

[5] He qualified for the Māori side through his grandmother Mere Tipona, who married his grandfather Samuel George Kennedy Lowrie.

Lowrie, 2nd from the left in the NZ Māori team to play Auckland at Carlaw Park on 20 May 1922.