Awen Guttenbeil

Awen Guttenbeil

Personal information
Full name	Awen John Guttenbeil[1]
Born	(1976-03-14) 14 March 1976 (age 48) Whangarei, New Zealand
Playing information
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	101 kg (15 st 13 lb)
Position	Second-row, Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1996–06 New Zealand Warriors 170 15 0 0 60 2007–08 Castleford Tigers 43 8 0 0 32 Total 213 23 0 0 92 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1995–08 Tonga 3 2 0 0 8 2002–05 New Zealand 10 0 0 0 0
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Awen Guttenbeil (born 14 March 1976) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. Since retiring after a playing career spanning fifteen years, he went on to work as a broadcaster for Sky Network Television and as a presenter on Maori TV sports show, Hyundai Code. In 2010 he coached his schoolboy club Point Chevalier Pirates in the Auckland Rugby League's Phelan Shield alongside former team mate and childhood friend Stacey Jones. He represented both the Tongan and New Zealand national sides in his long career and played in two World Cups. His position of preference was in the Second-Row. He was an integral part of the 2002 New Zealand Warriors squad, noted for being the first team in the club's history to make the NRL Grand Final. He now owns and operates several construction businesses in New Zealand including Passive Fire NZ.