Patrick Kuru
| Playing information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1996 | Bay of Plenty | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1997–2004 | Cook Islands | |||||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Patrick Kuru is a Cook Islander rugby league footballer, playing at representative level for Cook Islands, and at club level for Bay of Plenty Stags, and Altona Roosters, as a Second-row.
Playing career
Kuru played for the Bay of Plenty Stags in the 1996 Lion Red Cup, scoring two tries in the semi-final defeat by Waikato.[1]
Kuru currently plays for the Altona Roosters in the Victorian Rugby League competition. Kuru captained the squad to the 2010 title.[2] He was chosen in an Australian Affiliated national side in 2005, representing Victoria.[3]
Representative career
Kuru made his début for the Cook Islands at the 1997 World Nines tournament.[4]
He was then picked in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup squad.[5] [6]
Kuru later represented the Cook Islands in test series against New Zealand Māori in 2003 and Fiji in 2004.
References
- ↑ Cougars show teeth after tame start Waikato Times, 26 August 1996
- ↑ Altona Roosters 28 Sunbury United Tigers 26 Rugby League Coaching Manuals, 1 September 2010
- ↑ Lions Roar in WA and Australian Rep Honours South Perth Lions Rugby League Club
- ↑ 1997 World Nines Tournament Archived February 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. rugby-league-world.com
- ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 2009-12-31. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
- ↑ Wales v Cook Islands preview BBC Sport