John Timu

For the American football player, see John Timu (American football).

John Timu

Personal information

Full name

John Kakuhura Raymond Timu

Date of birth

8 May 1969

Place of birth

Dannevirke, New Zealand

Height

1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Weight

82 kg (12 st 13 lb)

School

Lindisfarne College

University

University of Otago

Youth clubs

Years	Club
	Taieri

Senior clubs*

Years	Club	Apps (points)
1988–1995 1995–1997 1998–2000	Otago (Union) Canterbury Bulldogs (League) London Broncos (League)	101 (340) 61 (78) 60 (44)

Representative teams

1988–1994
1995–2000

All Blacks
Kiwis

26 (31)
9 (20)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

John Kakuhura Raymond Timu (born 8 May 1969) is a former New Zealand rugby league and rugby union footballer of the 1980s and 1990s.

Timu's position of choice was as a centre. In union he would play at full-back or on the wing.

He achieved international selection for New Zealand in both rugby codes, appearing in 26 tests for the All Blacks in union and nine for the Kiwis in league.

He played representative rugby for Otago in union and the Canterbury Bulldogs and London Broncos in league. Timu played in the centres for Canterbury in their Grand Final victory of the 1995 Winfield Cup.

Timu played club rugby for the Taieri Eels who are based at Peter Johnstone Park in the town of Mosgiel when plying his trade for Otago

He now operates a building company in the Otago town of Wanaka and was the 'star' attraction at the Taieri clubs 125th jubilee celebrations in 2008.

References

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Awards
Preceded by Steve McDowall	Tom French Memorial Māori rugby union player of the year 1991	Succeeded by Zinzan Brooke

London Broncos squad – 1999 Challenge Cup Finalists

1 Tulsen Tollett 2 Rob Smyth 3 John Timu 4 Greg Fleming 5 Martin Offiah 6 Karle Hammond 7 Shaun Edwards 8 Steele Retchless 9 Robbie Beazley 10 Matt Salter 11 Shane Millard 12 Robbie Simpson 13 Peter Gill 14 Mat Toshack 15 Glen Air 16 Dean Callaway 17 Chris Ryan Coach: Dan Stains

New Zealand squad – 1991 Rugby World Cup Third Place

Forwards	Brooke Carter Dowd Earl Fitzpatrick Henderson Hewett Jones, I Jones, M Loe McDowall Purvis A. Whetton G. Whetton (c)

Backs	Bachop Crowley Fox Innes Kirwan Little McCahill Preston Philpott Timu Tuigamala Wright

Coach	Hart Wyllie

New Zealand squad – 1995 Rugby League World Cup

Ridge (c) • Barnett • Blackmore • Eru • Freeman • Halligan • Hoppe • Horo • K. Iro • T. Iro • Jones • Kearney • Kemp Lomax • Lowrie • Ngamu • Okesene • Paul • Pongia • Stuart • Timu • Tuuta • Wiki • Williams • Coach: Endacott

Sydney Bulldogs squad – 1995 ARL Premiers (7th Title)

1 Rod Silva 2 Jason Williams 3 John Timu 4 Matthew Ryan 5 Daryl Halligan 6 Terry Lamb (c) 7 Craig Polla-Mounter 8 Darren Britt 9 Jason Hetherington 10 Dean Pay 11 Steve Price 12 Simon Gillies 13 Jim Dymock 14 Jason Smith 15 Glen Hughes 16 Mitch Newton Coach: Chris Anderson

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