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Full name | Ron Giteau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 31 May 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ron Giteau (born 31 May 1955[3]) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. A prolific point-scoring centre, he was captain of the Canberra Raiders team in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. Giteau also played for Western Suburbs and Eastern Suburbs.
He was a Wests junior graded from the Enfield Federals junior club in 1974.[4]
Ron Giteau is the father of former Australian rugby union player, Matt Giteau,[5] Australia women's dual-code rugby international Kristy Giteau[6][7] and Canberra Raiders NSW Cup side coach Justin Giteau[8]