Paki Tuimavave
{{Short description|Former Samoa international rugby league footballer}}
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Paki Tuimavave is a Samoan former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Western Samoa, and at club level for Waitakere City and North Harbour, as a {{rlp|fb}}.
Background
Also see :Category:Tuimavave family.
He is the brother of fellow internationals Tony and Paddy Tuimavave.Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1992 New Zealand Rugby League, 1992. p.129
Playing career
Tuimavave played for the Waitakere City Raiders in the 1994 Lion Red Cup and toured New Zealand with Western Samoa in 1994.Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby League, 1994. p.50
In 1995 and 1996 he played for the North Harbour Sea Eagles in the Lion Red Cup, scoring a try in the 1995 grand final.{{cite news |title=Waitakere still in own league |work=Sunday Star Times |date=17 March 1996 |page=B6 |via=EBSCOHost}} He represented Auckland in the 1997 Super League Challenge Cup. He scored 26 tries over the three seasons of the Lion Red Cup.New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98, New Zealand Rugby League, 1998.
Representative career
Tuimavave played at the 1995 World Cup for Western Samoa. He also represented Western Samoa in the 1992 Pacific Cup, where he was named at {{rlp|fb}} in the team of the tournament, and in the 1996 Pacific Challenge.[https://books.google.com/books?id=nklWo8vw-iIC&dq=paki+tuimavave&pg=PA276 John Coffey, Bernie Wood 100 Years: Maori Rugby League, 1908-2008] {{ISBN|1-86969-331-0}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20050827221706/http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/res/paccup.htm#1996 Pacific Challenge] The Vault
References
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External links
- [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/paki-tuimavave/summary.html Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (1995 Western Samoa statistics inadvertently allocated to his brother; Paddy Tuimavave)]
- [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/paddy-tuimavave/summary.html Paddy Tuimavave's Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (1995 Western Samoa statistics inadvertently allocated from his brother; Paki Tuimavave)]
- [http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/res/wcup1995.htm World Cup 1995 details]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104732/http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/res/wcup1995.htm World Cup 1995 details (archived)]
{{Western Samoa 1995 Rugby League World Cup squad}}
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Category:Auckland rugby league team players
Category:North Harbour rugby league team players
Category:Richmond Bulldogs players
Category:Rugby league fullbacks
Category:Samoa national rugby league team players
Category:Samoan emigrants to New Zealand
Category:Samoan rugby league players
Category:Waitakere rugby league team players