Maea David

Maea David (born 27 February 1972) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former professional rugby league footballer who played professionally in England and Australia.

Maea David
Personal information
Full nameKuki K David
Born (1972-02-27) 27 February 1972[1]
New Zealand
Playing information
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Papanui (CRL)
1994 Canterbury Cardinals 18 4 0 0 16
1994–98 Hull FC
1996–97 Illawarra Steelers 11 0 0 0 0
Total 29 4 0 0 16
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1992–?? Canterbury
Source: [2]

Playing career

David played in the Canterbury Rugby League competition for the Papanui Tigers and made his Canterbury début in 1992.[3] He also made the Kiwi Colts that year. David made the 1993 New Zealand national rugby league team trials but did not make the final squad. He played for the Canterbury Country Cardinals in the inaugural Lion Red Cup.

In 1994 he signed with Hull FC, and moved to England.[4]

He spent the 1996 and 1997 seasons with the Illawarra Steelers, playing in 11 first grade matches.

David then returned to Hull for 1998's Super League III season.

David also played for Featherstone Rovers and Doncaster Dragons

Later years

David joined the Hull RUFC, playing for the club before becoming the backs coach under former teammate, Tevita Vaikona.[5][6][7]

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References
  1. Maea David Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine hullfc.com
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1992 New Zealand Rugby League, 1992. p.16
  4. Club-by-club guide to the new season The Independent, 19 August 1994
  5. David Maea hullrugbyunion.co.uk
  6. mighty fighting gibbons destroy hullrugbyunion.co.uk
  7. David angry with poor Hull show Hull Daily Mail, 30 October 2006
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