| Willie McLean | |||||
| Birth Date: | 7 February 1973 | ||||
| Birth Place: | New Zealand | ||||
| Club1: | Waitakere City Raiders | ||||
| Year1start: | 1994 | ||||
| Year1end: | 96 | ||||
| Appearances1: | 47 | ||||
| Tries1: | 16 | ||||
| Goals1: | 8 | ||||
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 | ||||
| Points1: | 80 | ||||
| Year2start: | 1997 | ||||
| Year2end: | 99 | ||||
| Appearances2: | 6 | ||||
| Tries2: | 0 | ||||
| Goals2: | 0 | ||||
| Fieldgoals2: | 0 | ||||
| Points2: | 0 | ||||
| Teama: | NZ Residents | ||||
| Yearastart: | 1995 | ||||
| Yearaend: | 96 | ||||
| Teamb: | Auckland | ||||
| Yearbstart: | 1996 | ||||
| Teamc: | North Zone | ||||
| Yearcstart: | 1996 | ||||
| Teamd: | Rest of the World | ||||
| Yeardstart: | 1997 | ||||
| Source: | [1] | ||||
| New: | yes | ||||
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Willie McLean is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who played professionally for the North Sydney Bears.
A Marist Saints junior, McLean began his career with the Waitakere City Raiders in the Lion Red Cup in 1994.[2] He played for the Raiders throughout all three years of the tournaments existence. In 1995 McLean made the New Zealand Residents side when they played a warm up match against the New Zealand national rugby league team.[3] In 1996 McLean played for Auckland in a match for the Rugby League Cup, for North Zone against South Zone and for the New Zealand XIII in the Pacific Challenge.[4] He also played at fullback for the Raiders in the 1996 Lion Red Cup grand final, which the Raiders lost 34–22 to the Counties Manukau Heroes.[5]
In 1997 he joined the North Sydney Bears and played with them for three seasons. He represented the Rest of the World side that year against Australia.[1]