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| Full name | Kevin Ronald Tamati | |||||
| Born | 23 September 1953 Bridge Pā, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | |||||
| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1971–1974 | Petone Panthers | |||||
| 1975–1980 | Upper Hutt Tigers | |||||
| 1981–1982 | Randwick | |||||
| 1982–1985 | Widnes | |||||
| 1984–1985 | Northcote Tigers | |||||
| 1985–1988 | Warrington | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1972–1982 | Wellington | 52 | ||||
| 1975–1980 | New Zealand Māori | |||||
| 1979–1985 | New Zealand | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1984 | Auckland | |||||
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1989–1993 | Salford | |||||
| 1994–1998 | Chorley | |||||
| 1999–2000 | Whitehaven | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 2006 | New Zealand Māori | |||||
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Kevin Ronald Tamati[1] (born 23 September 1953 in Bridge Pā) is a New Zealander former professional rugby league footballer and coach who played for his country and played professionally for Widnes and Warrington in the Forwards. He is the cousin of fellow international Howie Tamati.
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Tamati attended Hastings Boy’s High School.[2]
After moving to Wellington in 1971 Tamati took up rugby league, joining the Petone Panthers club.[2] He later played for the Upper Hutt Tigers and the Randwick Kingfishers. He made the Junior Kiwis in 1973.
A Wellington representative, Tamati made a name for himself as a tough player. He moved to England in 1982 and had success with both Widnes and Warrington.
During the 1984 season Tamati played on Saturday for the Northcote Tigers in the Auckland Rugby League competition and then flew down to Wellington on Sundays to play for the Randwick Kingfishers.[2] During this season Tamati also represented Auckland.
Kevin Tamati played in Widnes’ 19-6 victory over Wigan in the 1983–84 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on the 5th May 1984.
Kevin Tamati played in Warrington's 38-10 victory over Halifax in the 1985–86 Rugby League Premiership final at Elland Road, Leeds on the 18th May 1986.
A Wellington representative and New Zealand international, Tamati played 52 times for Wellington and for the Kiwis from 1979 until 1985.[3] He is perhaps best known for his fight with Greg Dowling which continued on the sideline after both players had been sent off.[4]
Tamati won caps for New Zealand in 1979 against Great Britain (3 matches), in 1980 against Australia (2 matches), and Great Britain (3 matches), and France (2 matches), in 1981 against France, while at Widnes in 1982 against Australia (2 matches), and Papua New Guinea, in 1984 against Great Britain, in 1985 against Australia (2 matches), in 1985 in the 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, in 1985 against Great Britain (sub), and in 1985 in the 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup against Great Britain.[5] In total Tamati playing in 37 games for the Kiwis, including 29 test matches.
Tamati coached the Salford from 1989 until 1993.
Tamati was employed as a rugby league development officer with Warrington Borough Council for nine years during the 1980s and '90s. He left in 1997 to take up a fulltime position coaching the Lancashire Lynx.[6] Tamati had previously been coaching Chorley Borough part time but the clubs re-birth as the Lancashire Lynx prompted him to take up the roll fulltime. Tamati was released by Lynx at end of the 1998 season, after failing to agree a new contract.[7]
Tamati then began a two year spell coaching the Whitehaven.[8][9]
In 2006 Tamati was coach of the New Zealand Māori rugby league team.[2]
Tamati was inducted into the New Zealand Rugby League Legends of League in 1995.[10] He is an Auckland Rugby League Immortal.[11]
Tamati is currently the Rugby League referee coordinator for the Hawkes Bay Rugby League.[2]
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