Brendon Tuuta

Brendon Tuuta
Personal information
Full nameBrendon Ephia Tuuta
Born (1965-04-29) 29 April 1965 (age 59)
Chatham Islands, New Zealand
Playing information
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
PositionStand-off, Five-eighth, Second-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1989–90 Western Suburbs 34 3 0 0 12
1990–95 Featherstone[1] 155 29 0 1 117
1995 Western Reds 9 1 0 0 4
1995–97 Castleford Tigers[2] 60 4 0 0 16
1998 Warrington[3] 22 4 0 0 16
1999 Featherstone
Total 280 41 0 1 165
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Canterbury
South Island
1989–95 New Zealand 16 1 0 0 4
Source: [4][5]

Brendon Ephia Tuuta[6] (born 29 April 1965) is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer of Māori (Ngāti Mutunga) and Moriori descent.

Tuuta played a variety of positions including stand-off, scrum-half, second-row and loose forward. He was known as "the baby-faced assassin" and had a reputation as a brawler.[7]

  1. ^ Rothmans RL Yearbooks Vol 11 p50, Vol 12 p59, Vol 13 p53, Vol 14 p52, Vol 15 p 61, Vol 16 p49
  2. ^ Rothmans RL Yearbook 16 p38, Rothmans RL Yearbook 17 p51, Rothmans RL Yearbook 18 p47
  3. ^ Rothmans RL Yearbook 1999 page 120
  4. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Tribute to Canterbury Rugby League - Significant Results and Famous players". planetnz.com.
  6. ^ "TUUTA, BRENDON EPHIA 1989, 1992 – 95 – KIWI #608". nzleague.co.nz. 2 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Your Favorite Moments". eraofthebiff.com. 7 August 2008. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.