Robert Piva
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Robert Piva (born 4 November 1966 Died 24 March 2025) is a former New Zealand international rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A Template:Rlp forward, Piva played for Wakefield Trinity and was a foundation player for the North Queensland Cowboys.[1]
Playing career
A Junior Kiwis representative, Piva played for Waterside, St. George, Randwick, Porirua City and the Kapiti Bears in the Wellington Rugby League and represented Wellington 40 times over seven years.[2][3]
In 1993, he was selected for New Zealand on their tour of Great Britain. He made his Test debut for New Zealand in their 24–19 win over Wales in Swansea. He played eight tour games before fracturing his eye socket while tackling Andy Farrell in a game against the Great Britain under-21 side.[4]
In 1994, Piva played for the Taranaki Rockets in the Lion Red Cup.[5] Halfway through the season he was signed by Wakefield Trinity, spending a season with the club.[6]
In 1995, after the English season had ended, he signed with the North Queensland Cowboys in the Australian Rugby League.[7] In Round 11 of the 1995 ARL season, he made his first grade in the Cowboys' 14–44 loss to the Newcastle Knights. He played nine games for the club that season, coming off the bench in all of them. At the end of the season, he was named in the Western Samoa squad for 1995 Rugby League World Cup but did not play a game.
In 1996, he represented Western Samoa at the Super League World Nines in Suva, Fiji.[8]
In 2001 he played in the Bartercard Cup for the Porirua Pumas.[9]
References
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- ↑ Past Kiwis Caps - P NZRL
- ↑ 1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.128
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- ↑ 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
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- ↑ Super League World Nines 1996 The Internet Vault via web.archive.org
- ↑ Round 7 Bartercard Cup teams Template:Webarchive rleague.com, 26 April 2001
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