Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Sunday, 19th March, 1972
- Died
- Tuesday, 22nd January, 2002 (Aged 29 years and 309 days)
Biography
Veteran Papua New Guinea fullback from Goroka represented the Kumuls in 17 Test matches and two World Cup competitions (1995 & 2000). Buko, who had a season with Wests during the club’s final season in the NRL before playing in Wagga, died from typhoid fever in January 2002, aged 29.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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Tour Matches | Northern Zone | 1 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Papua New Guinea | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
Test Series | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
World Cup | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NRL | 8 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Papua New Guinea | 1993-95, 2000-01 | 13 | 5 | 3 | - | 26 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 46.15% | List | |||
International Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Papua New Guinea | 1993-1999 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Papua New Guinea | 1993-2000 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Northern Zone | 1991 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Western Suburbs | NRL 1999 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Western Suburbs | 1999 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.00% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Cymru RL, Bill Bates, Michael Borg
Sources:
NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000
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