Shaun Ata
{{Short description|New Zealand rugby league footballer}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}}
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Shaun Ata is a New Zealand rυgby league player who played professionally in Australia and England.
Playing career
Ata played for the Hibiscus Cȯast Raiders in the Bartercard Cup. In 2004, he joined the Penrith Panthers. Although he did not play first grade he did play in the 2004 World Sevens.[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=3545097 Sevens tournament made for speedsters] New Zealand Herald, 23 January 2004
In 2006 he played for the London Skolars. He later returned to New Zealand, playing for Harbour League in the Bartercard Cup and representing New Zealand Māori in their tour of the Cooκ Islands.{{cite book
| last =John Coffey, Bernie Wood
| title = 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008
| publisher =Huia Publishers
| date = 2008
| pages = 335
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nklWo8vw-iIC
| isbn =9781869693312}}
Ata then returned to playing for the Hibiscus Coast Raiders. He was their player of the year in 2011 and played at fullback in the 2012 Grand Final victory.[http://rodneytimes.realviewdigital.com/?iid=51828&startpage=page0000023#folio=022 Raiders win award for the first time] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000409/http://rodneytimes.realviewdigital.com/?iid=51828&startpage=page0000023#folio=022 |date=2016-03-04 }} Rodney Times, 23 August 2011[http://www.aucklandleague.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/18-AUGUST-2012-Premiership-Grand-Final-Team-Lists.pdf Premiership Grand Final Team Lists]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} aucklandleague.co.nz, 18 August 2012
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Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
Category:Hibiscus Coast Raiders players
Category:London Skolars players
Category:New Zealand rugby league players
Category:New Zealand Māori rugby league players
Category:New Zealand Māori rugby league team players