Sam Edwards (rugby league)
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Full name | Samuel Kingi Edwards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Opotiki New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | Sydney NSW Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Kingi Edwards was a Maori New Zealand former international representative rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s.
CHILDREN
He has two daughters: Naomi Cramer a Family Lawyer in Auckland, Marryna Edward and two sons Robert Edward and NZ born Morvin Edwards who later became a renowned rugby league player of his own right.
HERTIAGE His mother was Ani Kingi from Torere affiliated to Ngai Tai. His father was Patrick Edwards of Whakatohea, Opotiki. He had two full brothers: Patrick Edwards, Robert Edwards & two half brothers Jackie Edwards and John Edwards two half sisters Harriet Edwards & TeAorangi Haare.
Joseph Edwards former Auckland Blues player and rugby unions player is his great nephew.
While he played in Auckland, he was selected to play for the New Zealand national team as well as the New Zealand Māori team.[3][4]
During the 1958 Auckland Rugby League season Edwards played for Marist. He played alongside neville Denton. He would go on to form a formidable New Zealand front row trio partnering prop Maunga Emery and joined by Jock Butterfield at hooker.[5][4] Edwards was selected to go on the .[5]
References[]
- ^ "NZRL - Past Kiwis". Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "NZLEAGUE.CO.NZ - Home". Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b Coffey, John; Wood, Bernie (2008). 100 Years: Māori Rugby League, 1908–2008. New Zealand: Huia Publishers. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ a b "WELLINGTON'S BEST EVER XIII HOOKERS". foxsportspulse.com. Wellington Rugby League. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- Living people
- Auckland rugby league team players
- Bay of Plenty rugby league team players
- Marist Saints players
- New Zealand Māori rugby league team players
- New Zealand national rugby league team players
- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand sportsmen
- Rugby league props