Paddy Tuimavave Explained

Paddy Tuimavave
Fullname:Paddy Tuimavave
Height:183cm (72inches)
Weight:109kg (240lb)
Club1:Mount Albert Lions
Club2:Northcote Tigers
Club3:Swinton
Year3start:1985
Year3end:86
Club4:Leigh
Year4start:1987
Year4end:88
Appearances4:6
Tries4:1
Goals4:0
Fieldgoals4:0
Points4:4
Club5:Workington Town
Year5start:1990
Year5end:91
Teama:Auckland
Teamb:Western Samoa
Yearbstart:1986
Yearbend:95
Teamc:New Zealand
Yearcstart:1990
Appearancesc:2
Triesc:0
Goalsc:0
Fieldgoalsc:0
Pointsc:0
Source:[1]
New:yes

Paddy Tuimavave is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 1980s and 1990s and represented both New Zealand and Western Samoa.

Background

He is related to Evarn and Tony, who have both also played for the New Zealand national rugby league team, and Paki Tuimavave who also represented Western Samoa.[2]

Playing career

A Mount Albert Lions and Northcote Tigers player in the Auckland Rugby League competition,.[3] [4] Tuimavave was part of the 1988 Auckland side that defeated Great Britain 30-14 at Carlaw Park. Tuimavave scored a try in that match.[5] In 1991 Tuimavave played for Canterbury in the Lion Red Showdown competition against Auckland, Western Suburbs and North Sydney.[6]

Tuimavave also played for Leigh (Heritage № 977) and Workington Town in England.[7]

Representative career

Tuimavave represented New Zealand in two tests against Papua New Guinea in 1990. He also represented Samoa in the 1986, 1988 and 1992 Pacific Cups and was named in the 1986 and 1992 team of the tournament selections.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (1995 Western Samoa statistics inadvertently allocated from his brother; Paki Tuimavave). rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
  2. News: League: Tuimavave continues family tradition. 5 November 2008. NZPA. The New Zealand Herald. 1 November 2011.
  3. 1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.101
  4. http://www.aucklandleague.co.nz/display_page.asp?item=373 Northcote and Birkenhead Tigers Rugby League and Sports Club Inc
  5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19880720&id=YFgVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xOQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4555,7904763 Sydney Morning Herald, 20 July 1988
  6. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009., p.297.
  7. http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/always_bank_on_buck_to_punch_above_his_weight_1_118676?referrerPath=2.2821 Always bank on Buck to punch above his weight
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=nklWo8vw-iIC&dq=paki+tuimavave&pg=PA276 John Coffey, Bernie Wood 100 Years: Maori Rugby League, 1908-2008