Tommy Butterfield | |
Birth Date: | 1988 4, df=y |
Birth Place: | Alotau, Papua New Guinea |
Height(M): | 1.75 |
Weight: | 78kg (172lb) |
Position: | Hooker |
Year1start: | 2021 |
Appearances1: | 2 |
Tries1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 0 |
Yearastart: | 2007 |
Yearbstart: | 2009 |
Yearbend: | 18 |
Appearancesb: | 2 |
Triesb: | 0 |
Goalsb: | 0 |
Fieldgoalsb: | 0 |
Pointsb: | 0 |
Yearcstart: | 2015 |
Appearancesc: | 1 |
Triesc: | 0 |
Goalsc: | 0 |
Fieldgoalsc: | 0 |
Pointsc: | 0 |
Source: | [1] |
Updated: | 6 January 2024 |
Tommy Butterfield (born 1988) is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who played for the PNG Hunters and Brisbane Tigers as a in the Queensland Cup .He is a Papua New Guinea international and was previously contracted to the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League.
Butterfield attended Redcliffe State High School and the University of the Sunshine Coast.
Butterfield was a Redcliffe Dolphins junior and played for the Easts Tigers in the Queensland Cup.
In 2012 he was approached by Whitehaven but the club failed to get Rugby Football League approval.[2]
Butterfield toured Europe with Papua New Guinea in 2007.[3] He was named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 World Cup, but did not make the final squad.[4]
In 2009 he played for PNG against Australia's Prime Minister's XIII.[3]
In 2010 he played for Australian Universities Rugby League when they toured England and France.[5]