Jeremiah Pai
 Jeremiah Pai playing for the Auckland Vulcans | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jeremiah Pai | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 April 1982 New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Five-eighth, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: [1] As of 6 November 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Jeremiah Pai is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Point Chevalier Pirates.
Early years[edit]
He was first noticed when playing for the Eastern Tornadoes in the Bartercard Cup before making his National Rugby League debut for the New Zealand Warriors in 2002.
Australia[edit]
After leaving the club he had stints with the Wests Tigers and in Parramatta and Melbourne but could not break into the first grade side.[2][3] During his time with Melbourne he played for the North Sydney Bears due to a feeder agreement between the two clubs.[4]
Return to New Zealand[edit]
He then returned to New Zealand where played for the East Coast Bays Barracudas, Northcote Tigers and Hibiscus Coast Raiders and represented Auckland in both the New South Wales Cup and the Bartercard Premiership.[5]
In 2006 Pai represented the New Zealand Māori side in a three match series against the Cook Islands.[6]
In 2011, while playing for the Northcote Tigers, Pai won the Auckland Rugby League's Player of the Year award and was named at standoff in the Team of the Year.[7] In 2012 Pai moved clubs, joining the Point Chevalier Pirates.[8][9]
He was named in the New Zealand Māori squad in 2015 to play Auckland.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ RLP
- ^ 2005 Player Movements @ SMH.com, 4 October 2004.
- ^ 2004 Eels factbox[dead link] @ AAP, 11 February 2004
- ^ Signs Of An Impending Storm @ North Shore Times, 18 March 2005
- ^ "Courageous Bulls display grit". The Press. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ^ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908–2008. Huia Publishers. p. 338. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2.
- ^ 2011 Awards Archived 10 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine aucklandleague.co.nz
- ^ Team Lists 14 April 2012[permanent dead link] aucklandleague.co.nz
- ^ "Team Lists Round 13 - July 5" aucklandleague.co.nz
- ^ "NZ Maori eye up clash with Auckland". nzrl.co.nz. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.[permanent dead link]
- 1982 births
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby league players
- Auckland rugby league team players
- New Zealand Warriors players
- East Coast Bays Barracudas players
- North Sydney Bears NSW Cup players
- Hibiscus Coast Raiders players
- North Harbour rugby league team players
- Northcote Tigers players
- Eastern Tornadoes players
- New Zealand Māori rugby league players
- New Zealand Māori rugby league team players
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Point Chevalier Pirates players