Richard Piakura

Richard Piakura
Personal information
Born (1976-07-01) 1 July 1976
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Playing information
Position fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Ngatangiia/Matavera Sea Eagles
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000 Cook Islands 3 0 3 0 6
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Richard Piakura (born 1 July 1976) is a Cook Islander athlete and professional rugby league and rugby union footballer of the 1990s and 2000s, playing representative level rugby league (RL) for the Cook Islands, and playing representative level rugby union (RU) for the Cook Islands at rugby sevens.

Athletics career

Piakura represented the Cook Islands in the high jump, setting his personal best of 1.83m in Tereora in 1998.[1] This is the Cook Islands record in high jump.

Rugby league career

Piakura played in the domestic Cook Islands rugby league competition in 2001.[2]

Piakura played for the Eastern Tornadoes in the 2004 Bartercard Cup.[3]

Representative career

Piakura made his début for the Cook Islands at the Pacific Challenge.[4] He later played at the 1997 World Nines tournament.[5]

Piakura won caps for Cook Islands in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.[6][7]

He later represented the Cook Islands in test series against New Zealand Māori in 2003.[8]

Rugby union career

Piakura represented the Cook Islands in rugby sevens at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Piakura, Richard iaaf.org
  2. ↑ Round 6 Wrap Up rleague.com, 5 October 2001
  3. ↑ Raiders fall short against the Tornadoes rleague.com, 5 June 2004
  4. ↑ Pacific Challenge The Vault
  5. ↑ 1997 World Nines Tournament rugby-league-world.com
  6. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  7. ↑ Wales v Cook Islands preview BBC Sport
  8. ↑ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 303. ISBN 9781869693312.
  9. ↑ Commonwealth Games filled with Stars Rugby7.com
  10. ↑ Cook - Richard Piakura Oceania in Melbourne
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