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.
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
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