Anthony Samuel

{{Short description|Cook Island rugby league footballer}}

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|club1 = Widnes Vikings

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|updated = 31 December 2010

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Anthony Samuel is a Cook Island former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for the Cook Islands, and at club level for the Widnes Vikings and Workington Town, as a {{rlp|sr}} or {{rlp|lf}}.

Playing career

Between 2000 and 2002 Samuel played for Workington Town in the Northern Ford Premiership.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/1863844.stm Huddersfield extend NFP lead] BBC Sport[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/1912994.stm Hull KR look for third straight win] BBC Sport

He made an appearance for Workington Town in a 2010 testimonial match for Neil Frazer along with other former favourites such as Hitro Okesene.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111005211248/http://www.getnoticedonline.co.uk/rugby-league/workington-town/frazer-hat-trick-lights-up-testimonial.html Frazer hat-trick lights-up testimonial]}} getnoticedonline.co.uk, 11 October 2010{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111005211317/http://www.getnoticedonline.co.uk/rugby-league/workington-town/shackley-is-the-latest-to-switch-to-town.html Shackley is the latest to switch to Town]}} getnoticedonline.co.uk, 8 October 2010

Representative career

Samuel won three caps for Cook Islands in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/world_cup_2000/group_2/997757.stm Wales overcome Pacific islanders] BBC Sport

Note

Anthony Samuel's surname is occasionally misspelt with a trailing "s" as Samuels.

References

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