Robert Piva

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Robert Piva
Personal information
Born (1966-11-04) 4 November 1966 (age 56)
Playing information
Height208 cm (6 ft 10 in)
Weight122 kg (19 st 3 lb)
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1985–87St. George (WRL)
1988–90Randwick (WRL)
1991–93Porirua City (WRL)
1994 Taranaki Rockets 1440016
1994–95 Wakefield Trinity 1830012
1995 North Queensland 90000
Total4170028
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1986–93 Wellington 400000
1993 New Zealand 10000
Source: [1]

Robert Piva (born 4 November 1966) is a former New Zealand international rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A prop forward, Piva played for Wakefield Trinity and was a foundation player for the North Queensland Cowboys. [1]

Playing career

A Junior Kiwis representative, Piva played for Waterside, St. George, Randwick, Porirua City and the Kapiti Bears in the Wellington Rugby League and represented Wellington 40 times over seven years. [2] [3]

In 1993, he was selected for New Zealand on their tour of Great Britain. He made his Test debut for New Zealand in their 24–19 win over Wales in Swansea. He played eight tour games before fracturing his eye socket while tackling Andy Farrell in a game against the Great Britain under-21 side. [4]

In 1994, Piva played for the Taranaki Rockets in the Lion Red Cup. [5] Halfway through the season he was signed by Wakefield Trinity, spending a season with the club. [6]

In 1995, after the English season had ended, he signed with the North Queensland Cowboys in the Australian Rugby League. [7] In Round 11 of the 1995 ARL season, he made his first grade in the Cowboys' 14–44 loss to the Newcastle Knights. He played nine games for the club that season, coming off the bench in all of them. At the end of the season, he was named in the Western Samoa squad for 1995 Rugby League World Cup but did not play a game.

In 1996, he represented Western Samoa at the Super League World Nines in Suva, Fiji. [8]

In 2001 he played in the Bartercard Cup for the Porirua Pumas. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Past Kiwis Caps - P NZRL
  3. ↑ 1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.128
  4. ↑ "Former rugby star tackling youth problems". stuff.co.nz. 8 November 2013.
  5. ↑ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.118
  6. ↑ Club-by-club guide to the new season The Independent, 19 August 1994
  7. ↑ Cadigan, Neil (2015). 25 Years in the Saddle. Playright Publishing. p. 92. ISBN   9780994237316.
  8. ↑ Super League World Nines 1996 The Internet Vault via web.archive.org
  9. ↑ Round 7 Bartercard Cup teams Archived 13 September 2012 at archive.today rleague.com, 26 April 2001
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