| John Tamanika playing for the North Sydney Bears | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | John Tamanika | |||||
| Nickname | Tamaneeks | |||||
| Born | 15 November 1985 Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||
| Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2008–2009 | South Sydney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Tamanika (born 15 November 1985) is a rugby football player who currently plays rugby union for Randwick in the Shute Shield. He plays as a centre or on the wing. He formerly played rugby league professionally in the National Rugby League at the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
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Tamanika played for the Otahuhu Leopards in the Auckland Rugby League between 1997 and 2002. He first played senior football for Victoria University of Wellington before playing in the Bartercard Cup for Wellington. Tamanika then moved to Central Queensland where he played for Central Queensland University and then the Central Queensland Comets at State Level. Tamanika played for Eastern Suburbs Tigers in the Queensland Cup in 2006 and 2007.In 2007 he was the Queensland Cup leading try scorer.
He was chosen for the Tonga training squad for the 2008 World Cup but was not selected in the final squad.[1]
Tamanika is the cousin of former All Black Jonah Lomu and Tongan rugby international Seti Kiole.