Paddy Tuimavave is a former professional
rugby league
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footballer who played as a in the 1980s and 1990s and represented both
New Zealand
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and
Western Samoa
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.
Background
He is related to
Evarn and
Tony
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, who have both also played for the
New Zealand national rugby league team
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, and
Paki Tuimavave who also represented Western Samoa.
Playing career
A
Mount Albert Lions
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and
Northcote Tigers
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player in the
Auckland Rugby League
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...
competition,.
[''1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual'', ]New Zealand Rugby Football League
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, 1986. p.101 Tuimavave was part of the 1988
Auckland
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side that defeated
Great Britain
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30-14 at
Carlaw Park
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. Tuimavave scored a try in that match. In 1991 Tuimavave played for
Canterbury
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in the Lion Red Showdown competition against
Auckland
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,
Western Suburbs and
North Sydney
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History
The Indigenous people on the s ...
.
Tuimavave also played for
Leigh
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and
Workington Town
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in
England
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.
Representative career
Tuimavave represented
New Zealand
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in two tests against
Papua New Guinea
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in 1990. He also represented
Samoa
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in the
1986
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,
1988
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and
1992 Pacific Cups and was named in the 1986 and 1992 team of the tournament selections.
John Coffey, Bernie Wood ''100 Years: Maori Rugby League, 1908-2008''
References
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1964 births
Living people
20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
Auckland rugby league team players
Canterbury rugby league team players
Leigh Leopards players
Mount Albert Lions players
New Zealand national rugby league team players
New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent
New Zealand rugby league players
Northcote Tigers players
Rugby league fullbacks
Rugby league players from Auckland
Samoa national rugby league team players
Samoan rugby league players
Swinton Lions players
Workington Town players