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Vaine Kino is a former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for Cook Islands, and at club level for the Sydney Bulls.
Kino won a cap for Cook Islands in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup. [1]
Kino later played for the Sydney Bulls in the Metropolitan Cup, kicking a field goal to ensure the Bulls won their first ever title. [2]
As of 2010, Kino played rugby union in New South Wales. [3] [4]
Iestyn Rhys Harris, also known by the nickname of "Welsh Wizard", is a former dual-code international professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, and coach in rugby league in the 2000s and 2010s. He played representative rugby league for Great Britain and Wales, and at club level for the Warrington Wolves, the Leeds Rhinos (captain) where he won the 1998 Man of Steel Award, the Bradford Bulls (captain), and Featherstone Rovers, and representative rugby union for Wales, and at club level for Cardiff RFC and Cardiff Blues, and has coached representative rugby league for Wales, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers, the Crusaders Rugby League, the Wigan Warriors, and Salford Red Devils.
Sean Bernard Long, also known by the nickname of "Longy", is an English former professional rugby league footballer, who is the current head coach of Featherstone Rovers in the Championship. He has played in the 1990s and 2000s. An England and Great Britain international scrum-half, Long is regarded by many as one of the finest British players of his generation. He began his career with the Wigan Warriors, and also played for the Widnes Vikings and Hull FC, but is best known for his time playing for St Helens in the Super League with whom he won a total of four Super League championships and five Challenge Cups, as well as numerous individual accolades including the Man of Steel award, and three Lance Todd Trophies. He is the current head-coach of Featherstone Rovers.
Matthew Cook is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop, second-row and loose forward for the Widnes Vikings in the Betfred Championship.
Nicolas Zisti is an Italian Australian former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played club level rugby league (RL) for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, the St. George Dragons, the Hunter Mariners, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Bradford Bulls, usually as a wing, but also as a centre, and representative level rugby union (RU) for Italy, and at club level for Rugby Roma Olimpic, as a wing or centre.
Steve McNamara is an English professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the Catalans Dragons in the Betfred Super League and a former professional player. He is a former coach of England, and a Great Britain international as a player.
Siokatame Gary Tupou also known as Tame Tupou and Gary Tupou is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. He played at representative level for New Zealand, usually as a wing, but also as a second-row. He first played in the National Rugby League for Australian club, the Brisbane Broncos, and then in the Super League for English club, the Bradford Bulls.
Karl Temata is a former Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who played as a prop, second-row, loose forward or winger in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level for the Hibiscus Coast Raiders, New Zealand Warriors, London Broncos/Harlequins and Oxford.
Dean Trevor Busby is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for England and Wales, and at club level for Hull F.C., St Helens and the Warrington Wolves, as a prop, second-row or loose forward.
Adam Watene, known as Adam Cook early in his career, also known by the nicknames of "Morlock", "Monster", and "The Gentle Giant", was a Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. He played at club level in Australia for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls, Burleigh Bears, and in England for the Castleford Tigers, the Bradford Bulls and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats as a prop.
Kevin Leslie Iro, also known by the nickname of '"The Beast", is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and coached in the 2000s. He played at representative level for New Zealand, Cook Islands, Auckland and Rest of the World, and at club level for Mount Albert, Manly-Warringah, Hunter Mariners and the Auckland Warriors, and in England for Wigan, Leeds and St. Helens, as a wing, centre or stand-off, playing in Challenge Cup finals for all three English teams, and coached at representative level for Cook Islands.
David Fairleigh is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and current assistant coach for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL). An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played the majority of his club football in Australia for the North Sydney Bears, winning 1994's Rothmans Medal. This was followed by a season at the Newcastle Knights, and another in England at St. Helens, with whom he won the 2001 Challenge Cup Final before retiring. Since retiring in 2001 he has spent the last 19 years coaching in the NRL mainly as an Assistant Coach. Teams he has worked at include the Newcastle Knights, Parramatta Eels, New Zealand Warriors, Penrith Panthers and the Nth Queensland Cowboys.
Filimone "Fili" Lolohea is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for Tonga, and at club level for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and London Broncos/Harlequins RL, as prop or loose forward.
Paul Cook is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, and coached in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Leeds, the Bradford Bulls and the Huddersfield Giants, as a fullback, wing, centre or stand-off, and has coached at club level for the Milford Marlins ARLFC, Leeds Metropolitan University (RL), the Bramley Buffaloes, and the Huddersfield Giants.
Max Edwards, also known by the nicknames of "Max-E" and "Maxi", is an English professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who has played in the 2010s. He has played club level rugby league (RL) in the Super League for the Harlequins RL, as a scrum-half, and has played club level rugby union (RU) in the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union for the Lindfield Rugby Club, as an outside centre.
Philip Purdue is an Irish amateur rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Dublin University Football Club and Clontarf FC, as a number eight, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Ireland, and at club level for the Clontarf Bulls and the East Coast Eagles as a prop.
Steve Berryman is a former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for the New Zealand Māori team and Cook Islands, and at club level for Taniwharau, Waikato Cougars, Wainuiomata Lions, Manly Sea Eagles, Northern Eagles and Toukley Hawks, as a centre, five-eighth, or lock, and club level rugby union (RU) for the Te Whānau side.
Richard Piakura is a Cook Island former high jumper, professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for the Cook Islands, and at club level for Ngatangiia/Matavera Sea Eagles, and representative level rugby union (RU) for the Cook Islands at rugby sevens.
Raymond Ruaporo is a former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 2000s, and 2010s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for Cook Islands, and at club level for the Canberra Raiders, and club level rugby union (RU) for the Tuggeranong Vikings.
Anthony Samuel is a Cook Island former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for the Cook Islands, and at club level for the Widnes Vikings and Workington Town, as a second-row or loose forward.
Tangia Tongiia is a Cook Island former professional rugby league footballer who played as a winger in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for the Cook Islands, and at club level in New Zealand for the Papanui Tigers and the Canterbury Bulls.