John Fifita
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 1959 Tonga | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1985–90 | St George Dragons | 74 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 1987–88 | Castleford | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Total | 98 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1986–88 | Tonga | |||||
| Source: RLP | ||||||
John Fifita is a Tongan former rugby league player who represented his country in the 1986 Pacific Cup and played professionally in England and Australia.
Playing career
Fifita played for the St George Dragons between 1985 and 1990, starting in 74 first grade matches for the club.
In 1986 Fifita was part of the Tonga side that competed in the 1986 Pacific Cup.[1] He was named in the team of the tournament. He again represented Tonga at the 1988 Pacific Cup.
In the 1987/88 off-season Fifita travelled to England and played for the Castleford club.
Fifita played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12, in Castleford's 12-12 draw with Bradford Northern in the 1987 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1987–88 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 17 October 1987, and played Right-Prop, i.e. number 10, (replaced by Interchange Dean Sampson) in the 2-11 defeat by Bradford Northern in the 1987 Yorkshire Cup final replay during the 1987–88 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 31 October 1987.
References
- ↑ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. pp. 224–226. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2. ISBN 1-86969-331-0.
External links
- Profile at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk at the Wayback Machine (archived May 18, 2012)