George Lajpold
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Turirua Lajpold | |||||
| Nickname | Hori | |||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Fullback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1976–1996 | Randwick | 300+ | ||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1979–1992 | Wellington | |||||
| 1982–1987 | Central Districts | 20 | ||||
| 1986 | Cook Islands | 6 | ||||
| 1987 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
George Turirua Lajpold[1] is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented his country.
Playing career
Lajpold played for the Randwick Kingfishers club in the Wellington Rugby League competition and represented Wellington.[2][3] He was selected for Central Districts in 1982. In 1987 he played for a New Zealand XIII before being selected to tour Australia with New Zealand. Lajpold sustained an injury when representing Wellington just prior to the tour. The injury was re-aggravated early in the tour and Lajpold returned to New Zealand. Lajpold also played 6 tests for his native country the Cook Islands in the Pacific Cup held in Rarotonga in 1986. Lajpold retired as a player in 1996 after 20 years of premier and representative league.[4][5]
References
- ↑ LAJPOLD, George Turirua - 1987 nzleague.co.nz
- ↑ Wellington Grand Final Programme rleague.com, 2 September 2002
- ↑ 1984 Autex Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1984. p.74
- ↑ 1987 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1987. p.28
- ↑ About Us Randwick Kingfishers