Robert Piva
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 4 November 1966 | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 208 cm (6 ft 10 in) | |||||
| Weight | 122 kg (19 st 3 lb) | |||||
| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Porirua City (WRL) | ||||||
| 1985–87 | St. George (WRL) | |||||
| 1988–90 | Randwick (WRL) | |||||
| 1991–93 | Porirua City (WRL) | |||||
| 1994 | Taranaki Rockets | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 1994–95 | Wakefield Trinity | |||||
| 1995–96 | North Queensland | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1986–93 | Wellington | 40 | ||||
| 1993 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | Western Samoa | |||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Robert Piva is a former rugby league player who represented both New Zealand and Western Samoa.
Playing career
A Wellington Rugby League player, Piva played for the Waterside, St. George, Randwick, Porirua City and Kapiti Bears clubs.[2][3] Piva then played for the Taranaki Rockets in the 1994 Lion Red Cup.[4] Halfway through the season he was signed by the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and he moved to England.[5] After the 1994-5 English season had ended he returned to Australasia and played two seasons with the North Queensland Cowboys before spending one season in France.[citation needed]
In 2001 he played in the Bartercard Cup for the Porirua Pumas.[6]
Representative career
A Junior Kiwi, Piva was a Western Samoan and New Zealand international and played at the 1995 World Cup for Western Samoa.
References
- ↑ Robert Piva rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ Past Kiwis Caps - P NZRL
- ↑ 1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.128
- ↑ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.118
- ↑ Club-by-club guide to the new season The Independent, 19 August 1994
- ↑ Round 7 Bartercard Cup teams rleague.com, 26 April 2001
External links
- Infobox rugby league biography templates needing updating
- Articles with unsourced statements from August 2012
- New Zealand people of Samoan descent
- Samoa national rugby league team players
- New Zealand national rugby league team players
- Wellington rugby league team players
- Taranaki rugby league team players
- New Zealand rugby league players
- North Queensland Cowboys players
- Wakefield Trinity Wildcats players
- Porirua Pumas players
- Kapiti Coast Bears players
- Randwick Kingfishers players
- St. George Saints players
- Living people
- Porirua Vikings players
- Rugby league props
- Rugby league second-rows
- 1966 births
- Junior Kiwis players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby league players
- Expatriate rugby league players in France
- New Zealand expatriates in France
- Expatriate rugby league players in England
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
