Paul Whatuira

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Paul Whatuira
Personal information
Full name Paul Khan Whatuira
Date of birth 31 July 1981 (1981-07-31) (age 26)
Place of birth Wellington, New Zealand
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 14 st 7 lbs (92 kg)
Nickname(s) Fattz
Youth clubs
Years Club
Wainuiomata Lions
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2000
2001
2002–04
2005–07
2008 ‐		 New Zealand Warriors
Melbourne Storm
Penrith Panthers
Wests Tigers
Huddersfield Giants		 5 (0)
6 (8)
62 (84)
58 (120)
2 (4)
Representative teams**
2004– New Zealand 10 (4)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 06:10, 1 October 2007 (UTC).
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of 08:57, 1 October 2007 (UTC).

Paul Khan Whatuira (born July 31, 1981 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby league player for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League where he is contracted until the end of the 2010 season.[1] His position of choice is at Centre.

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[edit] NRL career

Whatuira previously played for the New Zealand Warriors, Melbourne Storm, Penrith Panthers and the Wests Tigers. He made his first grade debut for New Zealand Warriors against Wests Tigers in the Leichhardt Oval on 14 February 2000. He has won two NRL titles to date, the first in 2003 with Penrith, and most recently with Wests Tigers in 2005.

He had a forgettable 2006, he was sin-binned in the Tigers' loss to the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville just before half-time with Matt Sing scoring in his absence. In the return match, he suffered a hamstring injury which was aggravated during the warm-up versus Brisbane Broncos meaning he would not play for the rest of the campaign.

[edit] International career

Whatuira has represented the New Zealand national team on 10 occasions between 2004 and 2006, including the 24-0 win over Australia at Elland Road in the 2005 Tri Nations tournament, in which he scored a try. Whatuira has been selected in the 19-man squad for the one-off New Zealand vs Australia Centenary test in Wellington, New Zealand on October 14, 2007.

[edit] Charity work

During 2006, Paul posed for the Naked Rugby League 2007-08 charity calendar, which was produced to raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation of Australia.

Paul also posed alongside former Wests Tigers teammates Robbie Farah and Dene Halatau for the Naked For A Cause 2008-09 calendar for the McGrath Foundation charity.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Giants sign Kiwi centre Whatuira BBC Sport Retrieved 8 August 2007

[edit] External links

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1 Thorman • 2 Aspinwall • 3 Elford • 4 Whatuira • 5 Hodgson • 6 Brown • 7 Robinson • 8 Crabtree • 10 Skandalis • 11 Lolesi • 12 Raleigh • 13 Wild • 14 Jones • 15 Jackson • 16 Mason • 17 Snitch • 18 Griffin • 19 Hudson • 20 Hemingway • 21 Cudjoe • 22 Lawrence • 23 Barlow • 24 Jensen • 25 Lawson • 26 Lopag • 27 Martin • 28 Kirmond • Coach Sharp
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