Shaun Ata
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| Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Shaun Ata is a New Zealand rυgby league player who played professionally in Australia and England.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Ata played for the Hibiscus Cȯast Raiders in the Bartercard Cup. In 2004, he joined the Penrith Panthers. Although he did not play first grade he did play in the 2004 World Sevens.[2]
In 2006 he played for the London Skolars.[1] He later returned to New Zealand, playing for Harbour League in the Bartercard Cup and representing New Zealand Māori in their tour of the Cooκ Islands.[3]
Ata then returned to playing for the Hibiscus Coast Raiders. He was their player of the year in 2011 and played at fullback in the 2012 Grand Final victory.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Sevens tournament made for speedsters New Zealand Herald, 23 January 2004
- ^ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 335. ISBN 9781869693312.
- ^ Raiders win award for the first time Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Rodney Times, 23 August 2011
- ^ Premiership Grand Final Team Lists[permanent dead link] aucklandleague.co.nz, 18 August 2012