Brendon Tuuta

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Thursday, 29th April, 1965
Current Age
58 years and 361 days

Biography

Originally from Chatham Island, Kiwi Test lock Brendon Tuuta’s aggressiveness caused howls of protest in the 1989 Test series against Australia (especially for his blatant kneeing of Australian vice-captain Paul Vautin). Tuuta was not as effective during his stay with Wests but forged a successful career in England with Featherstone Rovers (1990-96). In 1995 he was snared by the Western Reds for their debut season but returned to England to play out his career with Warrington (1996) and Castleford (1996-97).
- 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 %  
NRL 43 4 -   - 16 13 28 2 30.23% List
Tour Matches New Zealand 10 1 -   - 4 5 4 1 50.00% List
Test Series 15 1 -   - 4 4 9 2 26.67% List
World Cup 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Tooheys Challenge Cup 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Yorkshire Cup 8 - -   - - 4 3 1 50.00% List
English Championship 110 19 -   1 77 49 57 4 44.55% List
Regal Trophy 9 2 -   - 8 3 5 1 33.33% List
Challenge Cup 14 2 -   - 8 6 8 0 42.86% List
Premiership Trophy 4 1 -   - 4 3 1 0 75.00% List
UK Second Division 23 6 -   - 24 20 3 0 86.96% List
Super League 62 7 -   - 28 19 40 3 30.65% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
New Zealand 1989, 1992-95 16 1 -   - 4 5 9 2 31.25% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
New Zealand 1989, 1992 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Western Suburbs NSWRL 1989 17 2 -   - 8 5 11 1 29.41% List
Western Suburbs NSWRL 1990 17 1 -   - 4 4 12 1 23.53% List
Western Reds ARL 1995 9 1 -   - 4 4 5 0 44.44% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Western Suburbs 1989-90 34 3 -   - 12 9 23 2 26.47% List
Western Reds 1995 9 1 -   - 4 4 5 0 44.44% List
Overall1989-1995 43 4 0   0 16 13 28 2 30.23% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Featherstone 1990/91 29 4 -   1 17 14 14 1 48.28% List
Featherstone 1991/92 32 4 -   - 16 14 16 2 43.75% List
Featherstone 1992/93 26 6 -   - 24 21 5 0 80.77% List
Featherstone 1993/94 32 7 -   - 28 15 16 1 46.88% List
Featherstone 1994/95 31 8 -   - 32 13 17 1 41.94% List
Featherstone 1995/96 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Castleford 1995/96 9 - -   - - 4 4 1 44.44% List
Castleford 1996 22 3 -   - 12 8 14 0 36.36% List
Castleford 1997 25 1 -   - 4 7 16 2 28.00% List
Warrington 1998 22 4 -   - 16 7 14 1 31.82% List
Featherstone 1999 ? - -   - -  

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Featherstone 1990-95 152 29 -   1 117 78 69 5 51.32% List
Castleford 1995-97 56 4 -   - 16 19 34 3 33.93% List
Warrington 1998 22 4 -   - 16 7 14 1 31.82% List
Overall1990-1998 ? 37 0   1 149 ? ? ? ?  

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Alan Katzmann, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Terry Liberopoulos, Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates

Sources: ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1996, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, Richard Bailey's Rugby League World, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1999, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1998, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-92, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1994-95, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-96, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1996, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1993-94