Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Wednesday, 20th July, 1977
- Current Age
- 48 years and 253 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
- 1999
- World Club Challenge
- 2000
Biography
Kiwi Test forward, a former centre in Auckland and Manly’s lower grades (1995-97) came off the interchange bench in Melbourne’s 1999 grand final win. Rua represented NZ in five World Cup matches in 2000 and playing in the second row in the Kiwis’ 40-12 loss to Australia in the final. The 11 Test-veteran left Melbourne at the end of the 2002 season after being largely used as an interchange player.
- 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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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 11 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | ||||
| Anzac Tests | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tri-Nations | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| World Cup | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New Zealand | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NRL Premiership | 1 | 101 | 14 | - | - | 56 | 50 | 49 | 2 | 49.50% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Other | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| World Club Challenge | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 113 | 16 | - | - | 64 | 70 | 61 | 2 | 61.95% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 1999-01 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 1999-2000 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
NRL Premiership - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Melbourne | NRL 1998 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67% | List | ||||
| Melbourne | NRL 1999 | 26 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 69.23% | List | ||||
| Melbourne | NRL 2000 | 26 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Melbourne | NRL 2001 | 25 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 44.00% | List | ||||
| Melbourne | NRL 2002 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 35.29% | List | ||||
| Melbourne | NRL 2007 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NRL Premiership - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Melbourne | 1998-02, 2007 | 101 | 14 | - | - | 56 | 50 | 49 | 2 | 49.50% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Cymru RL
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)
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