Jeff Karika

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Jeff Karika
Birth nameJeffrey Archer Karika
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1992-1999 Hawke's Bay 53 (80)
1997-1998 Central Vikings 20 (35)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1997-1999 Cook Islands

Jeffrey Archer Karika is a former New Zealand rugby player who played internationally for the Cook Islands.

Biography

Karika made his debut in first-class rugby as a flanker for the Hawke's Bay team in 1992. He scored two tries in his first season. [1] In the 1997 season he began playing for the Central Vikings, a combined team of Hawke's Bay and Manawatu. [2] He was in the team that played the Vikings first ever game which was against the touring Fijian team. [3] Towards the end of the 1998 season, he tore two-thirds of the ligaments off his left thumb in a round-robin game against Nelson Bays and was out of play for the rest of the season. [4]

Karika was noted for his ability to outplay more established opposing openside flankers, despite being a lot shorter and a lot lighter than most flankers. His defensive work rate and ability to force turnovers was frequently recognised by rugby journalists. [5] He had the nickname "Turbo" and played internationally for the Cook Islands team in the late 1990s, including qualification matches for the 1999 Rugby World Cup. [6]

After retiring from playing, Karika was a development team coach for the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union. [7]

His daughter Sarah won the gold medal for the under-19 girls beach relay team at the 2011 national surf lifesaving championships. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Howitt, Bob (1992). Radio New Zealand Sport Rugby Annual 1992. Auckland: Moa Beckett. pp. 102–3. ISBN   1 86947 114 8.
  2. ↑ Lampp, Peter (31 May 1997). "Vikings run a tight ship". Evening Standard . p. 32.
  3. ↑ "Touring Fijians aspire to pull off miracle". Evening Standard . 31 May 1997. p. 6.
  4. ↑ Lampp, Peter (19 October 1998). "Tearaway Karika may be ready for final". Evening Standard . p. 20.
  5. 1 2 Hurndell, Shane (18 March 2011). "'Turbo' set to go non-stop again". Hawke's Bay Today . p. A12.
  6. ↑ Lampp, Peter (4 September 1997). "'Turbo' set to go non-stop again". Evening Standard . p. 20.
  7. ↑ "New blood in Hawke's Bay teams". The Dominion Post . 26 May 2003. p. D8.
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