Education
University of Otago.
University of Otago.
He played seven matches on that tour, including the two unofficial internationals against Argentina. Sapsford died from injuries sustained in a jetboat accident near the confluence of the Dobson and Hopkins Rivers at the head of Lake Ohau. He was buried in Allanton Cemetery.
A prop, Sapsford represented Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on the 1976 tour of South America.