Sam Edwards (rugby league)

Sam Edwards

Personal information
Full name	Samuel Kingi Edwards
Born	Ōpōtiki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Died	Sydney, NSW, Australia
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Marist (Auckland) Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1961 Bay of Plenty 1961–66 New Zealand 18 3 0 0 9 1962–66 Auckland New Zealand Māori
Source: [1] [2] [3]

Samuel Kingi Edwards was a Maori New Zealand former international representative rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s.

While he played in Auckland, he was selected to play for the New Zealand national team as well as the New Zealand Māori team. ^{[3] [4]}

During the 1958 Auckland Rugby League season Edwards played for Marist. He played alongside Neville Denton. He would go on to form a formidable New Zealand front row trio partnering prop Maunga Emery and joined by Jock Butterfield at hooker. ^{[5] [4]} Edwards was selected to go on the 1965 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France. ^[5]

References

1. "NZRL - Past Kiwis". Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
2. "NZLEAGUE.CO.NZ - Home" . Retrieved 20 August 2016.
3. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. Coffey, John; Wood, Bernie (2008). 100 Years: Māori Rugby League, 1908–2008. New Zealand: Huia Publishers. ISBN   978-1-86969-331-2 . Retrieved 14 August 2016.
5. "WELLINGTON'S BEST EVER XIII HOOKERS". foxsportspulse.com. Wellington Rugby League . Retrieved 14 August 2016.