Bert Tabuai | |
Fullname: | Bert Tabuai |
Birth Date: | 1974 2, df=y |
Birth Place: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
Club1: | Canberra Raiders |
Year1start: | 1996 |
Appearances1: | 2 |
Tries1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 0 |
Club2: | North Queensland |
Year2start: | 1997 |
Year2end: | 98 |
Appearances2: | 10 |
Tries2: | 1 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
Points2: | 4 |
Updated: | 15 January 2019 |
Source: | [1] |
Bert Tabuai (born 9 February 1974) is an Australian former rugby league footballer best known for his brief time playing for the North Queensland Cowboys.[2]
In 1995, Tabuai played for the Canberra Raiders U21s which won the NSWRL Presidents Cup Championship and was coached by current Melbourne Storm- Craig Bellamy which is equivalent to the current NRL U20s competition. Tabuai made his first-grade debut in 1996 against the North Queensland Cowboys coming off the Bench winning 66-10. Tabuai played 2 first grade games with the Canberra Raiders. https://web.archive.org/web/20171208204606/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/bert-tubuai/summary.html
Tabuai played ten games for the Townsville-based North Queensland Cowboys commencing in their third season when they competed in the Super League competition in 1997.[2]
Tabuai continued playing for the Cowboys in the following season when they competed in the inaugural season of the newly formed National Rugby League competition.[2]
Tabuai played in the Centre, Second Row and Lock positions.[3] Tabuai scored one try for the Cowboys, after coming off the bench in the Round 16 match against the Illawarra Steelers at Wollongong Showground on 28 June 1998.[4]
Prior to playing professional rugby league, Tabuai lived in Rockhampton and attended North Rockhampton State High School.[5] Tabuai also played six games for the Rockhampton's QRL team, the Central Queensland Capras.[6]