Talite Liava'a
Talite Liava'a (born 18 July 1971) is a former international representative rugby league footballer who played as a prop.
At the 1995 World Cup he was twenty four and playing for the Litchfield Bears when picked by coach Mike McClennan.
After his exposure in England at the...
Boycie Nelson
Nelson grew up playing rugby league, playing for the Glenora Bears in the Auckland Rugby League competition.
Nelson was signed by the Auckland Warriors and played for their Colts side in the 1995 Lion Red Cup.
In 1996, he was involved in the Waitakere City Raiders side that...
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A Mangere East Hawks junior, Seuseu represented the Counties Manukau Heroes in the Lion Red Cup in 1995 and 1996 before joining the Auckland Warriors where he was named Reserve Grader of the Year in 1997 in a side that lost the Reserve Grade Grand Final.
Seuseu then became a...
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Endacott was a junior in the Canterbury Rugby League competition, representing Papanui and Sydenham.
He played for the Canterbury Cardinals in the new Lion Red Cup in 1994.
During this time he studied at the University of Canterbury, gaining a Bachelor of Science degree...
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An Otahuhu Leopards junior, Henare toured Great Britain in 1993 with the Junior Kiwis and he represented a New Zealand President's XIII in 1996. Henare also toured with the New Zealand Māori rugby league team in 1995. Henare played in the Lion Red Cup in 1995 for the Auckland...
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In 1996 the Glenora Bear junior made his ARL debut for the Auckland Warriors. He was a key part of the 1996 team that made the Reserve Grade Grand Final. He was also named Development Player of the Year. He went on to play 55 games for the Warriors, both from the bench and...
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Wellington hooker, a 19-Test veteran for NZ between 1995 and 1998, was a foundation member of the Auckland Warriors in 1995. He was signed as a back up hooker but by the end of the 1995 season he had replaced Duane Mann as the starting hooker. He played 59 games for the Warriors and...
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A tall ball-playing back rower, Tatupu (born on July 26, 1969), was signed by the Auckland Warriors from the local football scene.
Out of the Mount Albert club, he played for North Harbour in the Lion Red Cup in 1994 and also won Kiwi selection...
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Born in Auckland on January 27, 1974, Ngamu played for Marist and Northcote in Auckland before being signed by Manly, then coached by Graham Lowe, in 1992. He made his first-grade debut and nine appearances in all in 1992 and 1993, signed with the...
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Graham Lowe was an Otahuhu Leopards junior and played in their premier side before he retired early due to injury.
Lowe had begun coaching the Otahuhu under-18's in 1974 before becoming a first grade coach in 1977 at Otahuhu. The club won the Fox Memorial in his first year as coach. In 1979 he...
1999 season would see new owners and a new major sponsor at the Warriors. First thing new owners (a consortium of Taninui tribe, Graham Lowe and Malcolm Boyle) would do was straighten the tongue on the Warriors logo in the hope of reversing the curse. This change would arrive too late for the...
Liava'a is one of a handful of players to have played in two World Cups, representing Tonga in 1995 and 2000. At the 1995 World Cup he was twenty four and playing for the Litchfield Bears when picked by coach Mike McClennan.
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Boycie was a Glenora junior who played for the Warriors Colt side in 1995. He played in the Waitakere side that lost the 1996 Grand Final despite Boycie scoring 3 tries. He would spend time playing for the Widnes Vikings before being signed by the Warriors. He played 5 games that year then...
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17-year-old schoolboy sensation made his first grade debut with the Steelers in 1990. Strong and fast with a great kicking game, Simon represented City Firsts in 1991-92 and was selected for the NSW side in the latter year. Despite a confident display in a match that the Blues won, Simon was...
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Not wanted by the Bulldogs for 1999, Mears moved into the bush and played for the Ourimbah Magpies in the Country Rugby League Central Coast Division. His form was good enough to make the Country Firsts team for the curtain raiser to the ANZAC Test, where his performance got him noticed by...
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A Glenora Bears junior, in 1999 he shot to prominence when he was called up from the local Auckland scene by the Auckland Warriors. He played five games for the club in the National Rugby League during the 1999 season. He was one of several options trialled by the Warriors as they searched for a...
Toopi began his career playing rugby league with the junior ranks of the Mt Wellington and Otahuhu Leopards clubs. As a junior he was a forward but was shifted to the centres with the Warriors. His first grade career began with the then Auckland Warriors, debuting against the South Sydney...
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Powerful Auckland winger made his Test debut against France in 2001 after representing Samoa in the 2000 World Cup. Meli was a try-scorer against Australia in the 28-10 Test loss in Wellington at the end of 2001.
The following year Meli took his place in the Warriors grand final team that lost...
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