Robert Piva

Robert Piva

Personal information
Born	(1966-11-04) 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)
1985–1987	St. George (WRL)
1988–1990	Randwick (WRL)
1991–1993	Porirua City (WRL)
1994–1994	Taranaki Rockets	14	4	0	0	16
1994–1995	Wakefield Trinity
1995–1996	North Queensland	16	0	0	0	0
	Total	30	4	0	0	16
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1986–1993	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.^{[citation needed]}

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

External links

• World Cup 1995 details

v t e Western Samoa squad – 1995 Rugby League World Cup  Afoa  Elia  Koko  Laumatia  Maea  Malietoa-Brown  Matautia  Panapa  Perelini  Piva  Poching  Ropati  Schuster (capt)  Setefano  Solomona  Suluvale  Swann  Tatupu  Tuilaepa  Tuigamala  P. Tuimavave  T. Tuimavave  Va'a  J. Vagana  N. Vagana Coach: Lowe

Persondata
Name	Piva, Robert
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand rugby league player
Date of birth	4 November 1966
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death