Tahi Reihana

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Tahi Reihana
Personal information
Born (1970-03-15) 15 March 1970 (age 52)
Playing information
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1995–96 Western Reds 61004
1997–98 Bradford Bulls 40
Total461004
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2000 Aotearoa Māori 30000
Source: [1]

Tahi Reihana (born 15 March 1970) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s in the Australian Rugby League premiership and Super League competitions.

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Playing career

Beginning his First Grade career in Group 2 where he represented in 1993, playing for North Coast and winning Coffs Harbour First Grade Players Player and Player of the Year. In 1994 Reihana was judged to be the Most Outstanding Player at the South Perth Lions rugby league club in the Western Australia Rugby League competition. [2] In 1995 he made his first grade debut, playing for the new Western Reds franchise winning the Reserve Grade Players Player in 1995 and 1996.

In 1997 he moved to England, signing with the Bradford Bulls. He was a regular starter in the record 20 consecutive Super League wins, the current world record for top level competition. Bradford released Reihana at the end of the 1998 season to make room in the overseas quota. [3]

In 2000 Reihana was playing for Brisbane Souths in the Queensland Cup. He won the Pat Phelan Memorial Trophy as the club's player of the year when he was selected for the Aotearoa Māori side to contest the 2000 Rugby League World Cup. [4] While playing for Brisbane Souths, Reihana made the Queensland Residents side in 1999 and 2000. [5] He moved to the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in 2002, and again made the Residents side. [6] [7]

Representative career

Reihana represented Aotearoa Māori at the 2000 World Cup, playing in three matches.

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References

  1. RLP
  2. Most Outstanding Players South Perth Lions Rugby League Club
  3. Bulls free prop Tahi Telegraph & Argus, 13 October 1998
  4. John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 Years: Maori Rugby League, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 318. ISBN   9781869693312 . Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  5. About Souths Logan Magpies HotFrog
  6. Wynnum Manly Seagulls rleague.com
  7. Javed Hamidi New Zealand needs to take the next step rleague.com, 4 April 2002