Tuiyo Evei
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| Born | Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tuiyo Evei is a Papua New Guinean former professional rugby league footballer who represented Papua New Guinea at the 1995 World Cup.
Playing career[]
Evei first represented Papua New Guinea in 1988 against Great Britain.[1] He went on to play in eleven test matches for Papua New Guinea.
In 1993 he was part of the Goroka Lahanis side that defeated the Port Moresby Vipers to win the SP Cup grand final for the first time.[2]
In 1995 he was part of Papua New Guinea's World Cup campaign, playing in one match at the tournament.
He died in 1998 in a car accident.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Tuiyo Evei rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ Buko’s last trip Archived 2002-02-17 at the Wayback Machine Highlands Post, 30 January 2002
- ^ Buko is dead Archived 2013-04-16 at archive.today Post Courier, 23 January 2002
Categories:
- 1998 deaths
- Goroka Lahanis players
- Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players
- Papua New Guinean rugby league players
- Road incident deaths in Papua New Guinea
- Rugby league props
- Rugby league second-rows