Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Monday, 21st September, 1953
- Current Age
- 71 years and 79 days
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Test Series
- France vs New Zealand 1980, New Zealand vs France 1981, New Zealand vs Great Britain 1984, Great Britain vs New Zealand 1985
- Challenge Cup
- 1983/1984
- Premiership Trophy
- 1982/1983, 1985/1986
Known Family Links
- Cousin
- Howie Tamati
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 | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| World Cup | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New Zealand Maori | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Wellington | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New Zealand | - | 31 | 2 | 0 | - | 6 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 48.39% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Widnes Vikings | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Auckland | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 4 | 21 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 10 | 2 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup | 1 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 69.23% | List | ||||
| English Championship | - | 146 | 16 | 1 | - | 63 | 93 | 47 | 6 | 63.70% | List | ||||
| Premiership Trophy | 2 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.00% | List | ||||
| Regal Trophy | - | 25 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 72.00% | List | ||||
| Lancashire Cup | - | 15 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| UK Second Division | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 71.43% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 1979-82, 1984-85 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 45.45% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NZ Maori | 1974, 1980 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 1979-1985 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Wellington | 1974, 1978-79 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Oceania | 1984 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Auckland | 1984 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1974-1984 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
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English Career - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Widnes | 1982/83 | 25 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 72.00% | List | ||||
| Widnes | 1983/84 | 40 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 70.00% | List | ||||
| Widnes | 1984/85 | 30 | 6 | 1 | - | 26 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 63.33% | List | ||||
| Warrington | 1985/86 | 38 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 71.05% | List | ||||
| Warrington | 1986/87 | 32 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 65.63% | List | ||||
| Warrington | 1987/88 | 32 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 56.25% | List | ||||
| Warrington | 1988/89 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Salford | 1990/91 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Lancashire | 1997 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | List | |||||||
English Career - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Widnes | 1982-84 | 95 | 15 | 1 | - | 58 | 65 | 27 | 3 | 68.42% | List | ||||
| Warrington | 1985-88 | 114 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 72 | 38 | 4 | 63.16% | List | ||||
| Salford | 1990 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1982-1991 | 216 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 142 | 66 | 8 | 65.74% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Bill Bates, AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello
Sources:
Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club
Your Say
10/10/2012
To view a recent interview with this player, see the links below:-
Kevin Tamati Talks Part 1 - http://youtu.be/9xLovh4XTZw
Kevin Tamati Talks Pt 2 - http://youtu.be/anrNIuX1N88
Kevin Tamati Talk - Pt 3 http://youtu.be/YynKIJPzc9U
Kevin Tamati Talks - Part 4 - http://youtu.be/fqbEeAljLQA
14/02/2017
holiday in Australia had a fantastic conversation with one of your former players in on the Sunshine coast of Queensland Kevin Tamati smashing bloke it really made my holiday he still looks fit and powerful
D.Newton
03/08/2023
I had the pleasure of playing under Kevin's leadership in a friendly match between a retired pro league 13 vs West London Institute of Higher Education. I don't remember much about the game but it was high scoring and we won. The fly half was an England player called John Kear.
Regards
Albert Helg
Fulham Rugby League 1988 to 1994 (London Broncos)
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