Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Monday, 25th May, 1981
- Current Age
- 43 years and 243 days
- Place Of Birth
- Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- NRL Premiership
- 2004
Biography
Boom Auckland centre/winger burst onto the first grade scene as a hard-running winger with the Bulldogs in 2002. Utai made his Test debut for the Kiwis against Australia in Wellington at the end of the year but injury saw him pull out of the NZ Tour of Great Britain and France. The following year Utai’s great form at club level saw him cross for 21 tries and play in every match and earned him a second Test jersey in July. NZ was soundly thrashed by Australia in that Test, 48-6, and Utai was among a number of high-profile players not selected for the return Test in October because national coach Daniel Anderson was unhappy with his players’ attitude. In 2004 Utai savoured a grand final victory with the Bulldogs – scoring tries in each half of the match – and returned to the Kiwi Test team for the 16-all draw with Australia in NZ. Injury, however, ruled him out of the Kiwis’ Tri Nations campaigns in successive years (2004-06).
- 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 | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| Anzac Tests | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tri-Nations | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| World Cup | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| NRL Premiership | 1 | 167 | 85 | - | - | 340 | 99 | 67 | 1 | 59.28% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | - | 13 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.15% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 2002-05 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Samoa | 2008 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | 2002-2008 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 28.57% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Samoa | 2008 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
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NRL Premiership - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Bulldogs | 2002 NRL Telstra Premiership | 21 | 13 | - | - | 52 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 90.48% | List | ||||
| Bulldogs | 2003 NRL Telstra Premiership | 27 | 21 | - | - | 84 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 62.96% | List | ||||
| Bulldogs | 2004 NRL Telstra Premiership | 19 | 16 | - | - | 64 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 78.95% | List | ||||
| Bulldogs | 2005 NRL Telstra Premiership | 23 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 39.13% | List | ||||
| Bulldogs | 2006 NRL Telstra Premiership | 16 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 56.25% | List | ||||
| Bulldogs | 2007 NRL Telstra Premiership | 4 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Bulldogs | 2008 NRL Telstra Premiership | 12 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Bulldogs | 2009 NRL Telstra Premiership | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Wests Tigers | 2011 NRL Telstra Premiership | 20 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 65.00% | List | ||||
| Wests Tigers | 2012 NRL Telstra Premiership | 16 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Wests Tigers | 2013 NRL Telstra Premiership | 4 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NRL Premiership - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Bulldogs | 2002-09 | 127 | 71 | - | - | 284 | 78 | 48 | 1 | 61.42% | List | ||||
| Wests Tigers | 2011-13 | 40 | 14 | - | - | 56 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 52.50% | List | ||||
| Overall | 2002-2013 | 167 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 340 | 99 | 67 | 1 | 59.28% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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