George Lajpold | |
Fullname: | George Turirua Lajpold |
Nickname: | Hori |
Country: | Cook Island,Czech |
Birth Place: | New Zealand |
Club1: | Randwick |
Year1start: | 1976 |
Year1end: | 1996 |
Appearances1: | 300+ |
Teama: | Wellington |
Yearastart: | 1979 |
Yearaend: | 1992 |
Teamb: | Central Districts |
Yearbstart: | 1982 |
Yearbend: | 87 |
Appearancesb: | 20 |
Teamd: | New Zealand |
Yeardstart: | 1987 |
Appearancesd: | 1 |
Triesd: | 0 |
Goalsd: | 0 |
Fieldgoalsd: | 0 |
Pointsd: | 0 |
Teamc: | Cook Islands |
Yearcstart: | 1986 |
Appearancesc: | 6 |
Source: | [1] |
New: | yes |
George Turirua Lajpold[2] is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.
Lajpold played for the Randwick Kingfishers club in the Wellington Rugby League competition and represented Wellington.[3] [4] He was selected for Central Districts in 1982. In 1987 he played for a New Zealand XIII before being selected to tour Australia with New Zealand. Lajpold sustained an injury when representing Wellington just prior to the tour. The injury was re-aggravated early in the tour and Lajpold returned to New Zealand. Lajpold also played 6 tests for his native country the Cook Islands in the Pacific Cup held in Rarotonga in 1986. Lajpold retired as a player in 1996 after 20 years of premier and representative league.[5] [6]