Henry Knight (rugby league)  Henry Knight was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played at representative level for New Zealand (Heritage № 37), and Wellington, as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; ), during the era of contested scrums. Henry Knight won caps for New Zealand in the 1909 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia, playing as a forward, i.e. number 9, in the 5-10 defeat by Australia at Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane on Saturday 26 June 1909, and as a forward, i.e. number 8 in the 5-25 defeat by Australia at Royal Agricultural Society Showground, Sydney on Saturday 3 July 1909.