Tahi Reihana Explained

Tahi Reihana
Birth Date:15 March 1970
Club1:Western Reds
Year1start:1995
Year1end:96
Appearances1:6
Tries1:1
Goals1:0
Fieldgoals1:0
Points1:4
Club2:Bradford Bulls
Year2start:1997
Year2end:98
Appearances2:45
Tries2:0
Goals2:0
Fieldgoals2:0
Points2:0
Teama:Aotearoa Māori
Yearastart:2000
Appearancesa:3
Triesa:0
Goalsa:0
Fieldgoalsa:0
Pointsa:0
Retired:yes
Source:[1]

Tahi Reihana (born 15 March 1970) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s in the Australian Rugby League premiership and Super League competitions.

Playing career

Beginning his First Grade career in Group 2 where he represented in 1993, playing for North Coast and winning Coffs Harbour First Grade Players Player and Player of the Year. In 1994 Reihana was judged to be the Most Outstanding Player at the South Perth Lions rugby league club in the Western Australia Rugby League competition.[2] In 1995 he made his first grade debut, playing for the new Western Reds franchise winning the Reserve Grade Players Player in 1995 and 1996.

In 1997 he moved to England, signing with the Bradford Bulls. He was a regular starter in the record 20 consecutive Super League wins, the current world record for top level competition. Bradford released Reihana at the end of the 1998 season to make room in the overseas quota.[3]

In 2000 Reihana was playing for Brisbane Souths in the Queensland Cup. He won the Pat Phelan Memorial Trophy as the club's player of the year when he was selected for the Aotearoa Māori side to contest the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.[4] While playing for Brisbane Souths, Reihana made the Queensland Residents side in 1999 and 2000.[5] He moved to the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in 2002, and again made the Residents side.[6] [7]

Representative career

Reihana represented Aotearoa Māori at the 2000 World Cup, playing in three matches.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Tahi_Reihana/summary.html RLP
  2. http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-2127-19792-0-0&sID=17985 Most Outstanding Players
  3. http://archive.thisisbradford.co.uk/1998/10/13/170324.html Bulls free prop Tahi
  4. Book: John Coffey, Bernie Wood. 100 Years: Maori Rugby League, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. 2008. 318. 9781869693312. 30 November 2009.
  5. http://www.hotfrog.com.au/Companies/Souths-Logan-Magpies About Souths Logan Magpies
  6. http://www.queensland.rleague.com/clubs/wynnum.php Wynnum Manly Seagulls
  7. Javed Hamidi New Zealand needs to take the next step rleague.com, 4 April 2002