Darren Rameka

Darren Rameka is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played professionally in Australia.

Darren Rameka

Personal information
Full name	Darren Rameka
Born	(1973-07-10) 10 July 1973 Wellington, New Zealand
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1994 Wellington City Dukes 19 5 0 0 20 1995–96 Eastern Suburbs 16 1 0 0 4 1997 St. George Dragons 6 1 0 0 4 1998 Western Suburbs 7 0 0 0 0 Total 48 7 0 0 28 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1990–19?? Wellington 1994–99 New Zealand Māori 1997 Rest of the World 1 1 0 0 4
As of 23 January 2019 Source: [1]

Playing career

Rameka played for the New Zealand Māori in the 1994 Pacific Cup.[2] He again played for the Māori in a 1999 match against the Great Britain Lions.[3]

In 1995 Rameka made his professional debut, playing for the Sydney City Roosters.[4] He played two seasons for the Roosters before moving to the St. George Dragons in 1997.[5]

During the Super League war he represented the Australian Rugby League's Rest of the World side in 1997.[6] He then spent the 1998 season with the Western Suburbs Magpies. He remained with Wests in 1999 but did not play a first grade match.[7]

References

1. "Darren Rameka - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
2. John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2.
3. GB have Long to thank BBC Sport, 5 November 1999
4. Darren Rameka Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine nrlstats.com
5. "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters.
6. Robinson solid in Rest defeat The Independent, 12 July 1997
7. Jessup, Peter (3 November 1999). "Rugby League: It's a different world for Maori". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 September 2011.