Paddy Tuimavave

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Paddy Tuimavave
Personal information
Full namePaddy Tuimavave
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight109 kg (17 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position Fullback, Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Mount Albert Lions
Northcote Tigers
1985–86 Swinton
1987–88 Leigh 61004
1990–91 Workington Town
Total61004
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Auckland
1986–95 Western Samoa
1990 New Zealand 20000
Source: [1]

Paddy Tuimavave is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a fullback in the 1980s and 1990s and represented both New Zealand and Western Samoa.

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Background

He is related to Evarn and Tony, who have both also played for the New Zealand national rugby league team, and Paki Tuimavave who also represented Western Samoa. [2]

Playing career

A Mount Albert Lions and Northcote Tigers player in the Auckland Rugby League competition,. [3] [4] Tuimavave was part of the 1988 Auckland side that defeated Great Britain 30-14 at Carlaw Park. Tuimavave scored a try in that match. [5] In 1991 Tuimavave played for Canterbury in the Lion Red Showdown competition against Auckland, Western Suburbs and North Sydney. [6]

Tuimavave also played for Leigh (Heritage № 977) and Workington Town in England. [7]

Representative career

Tuimavave represented New Zealand in two tests against Papua New Guinea in 1990. He also represented Samoa in the 1986, 1988 and 1992 Pacific Cups and was named in the 1986 and 1992 team of the tournament selections. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (1995 Western Samoa statistics inadvertently allocated from his brother; Paki Tuimavave)". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "League: Tuimavave continues family tradition". The New Zealand Herald . NZPA. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  3. ↑ 1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.101
  4. ↑ Northcote and Birkenhead Tigers Rugby League and Sports Club Inc Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine Auckland Rugby League
  5. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald, 20 July 1988
  6. ↑ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN   978-1-86969-366-4, p.297.
  7. ↑ Always bank on Buck to punch above his weight Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine Times & Star, 5 June 2008
  8. ↑ John Coffey, Bernie Wood 100 Years: Maori Rugby League, 1908-2008 ISBN   1-86969-331-0
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