Tipene Friday

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Tipene Friday
Personal information
Born (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 (age 34)
Wellington, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
Listed height196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Career information
High school St. Patrick's College
(Wellington, New Zealand)
Playing career2016–present
Position Forward
Career history
2016–2018 Super City Rangers

Sven Eru Tipene Friday (born 24 October 1990) is a New Zealand professional basketball player and former first-class cricketer. [1]

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Early sporting career

Friday grew up playing rugby and cricket, as well as basketball in high school. [2] He represented Wellington in cricket through the age-groups, and before he started playing basketball, he was named to the U17 national tournament team in 2007. Friday began playing basketball in early 2007, and by June 2009, he had been a part of three national championship teams, won back-to-back AA secondary schools titles with St. Patrick's College, and won another with Porirua at the BBNZ U21 Championships in 2008. He later played for the Junior Tall Blacks in July 2009 at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship [3] and spent the 2009 New Zealand NBL season on the Wellington Saints training squad list. [4] He also played for a Porirua squad that finished runners-up in the 2009 Open National Championships. He subsequently earned all-tournament team honours. [5]

Friday took up cricket again in 2010 and went on to play first-class cricket for Wellington, Auckland and Otago. [6] [7] [8]

Professional basketball career

In March 2016, Friday joined the Super City Rangers for the 2016 New Zealand NBL season. [1] [9] After recovering from a back injury, Friday was meant to return to cricket in the English domestic league. To maintain his fitness, he began attending practice sessions with the Rangers and coach Jeff Green brought him on board. [2] He appeared in 14 games for the Rangers in 2016. [10] In October of that year, Friday joined Mexicali Fresh Summer Jam team "The Birdmen". [11] Friday continued on with the Super City Rangers in 2017 and 2018. [12] [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 Basketball: NZ NBL Preview - Wellington Saints v Super City Rangers
  2. 1 2 Supercity Rangers recruit domestic cricket player Tipene Friday
  3. ↑ Thank God it's Friday
  4. ↑ Saints poised to start in style
  5. ↑ 2009 Results Annual
  6. ↑ "Tipene Friday". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Tipene Friday". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Cricket: Move south a new day for Friday
  9. ↑ Rangers coach Jeff Green: Our door's open for Corey Webster
  10. ↑ Player statistics for Tipene Friday
  11. ↑ "2016 MEXICALI FRESH SUMMER JAM UNDERWAY ON SATURDAY". LacyLowDown.com. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Rangers vs Rams". FIBALiveStats.com. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  13. ↑ "Rangers vs Saints". FIBALiveStats.com. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
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