Jimmy Veikoso
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| Born | Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jimmy Veikoso is a Tongan rugby league player who represented his country in the 1995 World Cup.
Playing career
Veikoso played for the Canberra Raiders in 1993 and 1994. He represented Tonga at the 1992 Pacific Cup and the 1995 World Cup.[1]
In 1996 and 1997 Veikoso played for the Leigh Centurions.[2] He then joined the Swinton Lions.[3]
Later years
Veikoso later took up rugby union, playing for the Sydney Harlequins in the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union.[4]
Veikoso took up bodybuilding and entered national competitions in 2007.[5]
References
- ^ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1992 New Zealand Rugby League, 1992. p.129
- ^ Gibson makes a belated arrival Lancashire Telegraph, 9 April 1997
- ^ Swinton silenced by Coventry The Independent, 25 June 1998
- ^ Season Player Summary // Top 20 Ranked by Tries in Winter 2006 rugby.net.au
- ^ ANB Contest Results australia-bodybuilding.com
Categories:
- Living people
- Tongan rugby league players
- Tonga national rugby league team players
- Canberra Raiders players
- Rugby league wingers
- Leigh Centurions players
- Swinton Lions players
- Tongan rugby union players
- Australian bodybuilders
- Tongan expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Australia
- Tongan expatriates in Australia