Tu'u Maori

Tu'u Maori
Tu'u Maori in June 2009
Personal information
Full nameTu'u Maori
Born(1988-11-22)22 November 1988
Auckland, New Zealand
Died3 January 2022(2022-01-03) (aged 33)
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
PositionWing, Centre, Fullback, Five-eighth
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006–08 PNG Prime Minister's XIII 3 0 3 0 6
2008 Papua New Guinea 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
As of 9 November 2023

Tu'u Maori (22 November 1988 – 3 January 2022) was a Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer who played as a winger or centre. He played in the Australian National Youth Championship (Toyota Cup) for the Cronulla Sharks and Sydney Roosters.

Playing career

Maori was named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[2] He was then named in the PNG squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[3]

Maori was part of the 2007 Papua New Guinea Tour of Wales and France. He played against Wales on the wing at the Brewery Field, Bridgend, Wales. He represented the Sydney Roosters in the Toyota Cup in 2008. Maori also played for the Newtown Jets, the Roosters' feeder club in the NSWRL Cup competition, in 2009. He was named as part of the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2009 Pacific Cup.[4]

He would be part of the Melbourne Storm trial squad ahead of the 2011 NRL season, scoring a try in the club's trial match against the Canberra Raiders in Bega.[5] He played for the Cronulla Sharks in the 2011 NSW Cup.

Personal life and death

Maori died from motor neurone disease at his home in Ipswich, Queensland, on 3 January 2022, at the age of 33.[6]

References

  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ "PNG name preliminary squad". RLWC.com. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  3. ^ "Wilshere handed Kumuls captaincy". BBC. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
  4. ^ Kumuls named The National, 12 October 2009
  5. ^ Gould, Russell (20 February 2011). "Storm coasts to trial victory". Herald-Sun. Melbourne, Victoria: Nationwide News Pty Ltd. p. 57.
  6. ^ "Former Kumul Maori passes on". Post Courier. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
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