Aaron Lester is a New Zealand former rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 player. His position of preference was at Hooker.

His brother, Stuart

Stuart Lester

Stuart Lester is a New Zealand former rugby league player who played professionally for Wigan.His brother, Aaron, played professionally for the Auckland Warriors and Whitehaven.-Playing career:...

, played for Wigan

Wigan Warriors

Wigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011....

.

New Zealand

A Junior Kiwi in 1992, Lester went on to play for the New Zealand Residents in 1994. An Ellerslie junior, he played for the Auckland City Vulcans

Auckland City Vulcans

For the current NSW Cup team see Auckland VulcansThe Auckland City Vulcans were a New Zealand rugby league club that represented Auckland City in the 1994 Lion Red Cup...

 in the Lion Red Cup

Lion Red Cup

The Lion Red Cup was a New Zealand domestic rugby league competition that ran from 1994-1996 sponsored by brewers Lion Nathan. It was created due to the increase in public awareness of domestic rugby league due to the Auckland Warriors being accepted into the Winfield Cup. The competition was a...

 in 1994 before being signed to an Auckland Warriors development contract. He debuted for the Warriors in the Australian Rugby League

Australian Rugby League

The Australian Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in Australia. It is made up of state bodies, including the New South Wales Rugby League and the Queensland Rugby League...

 competition in 1996. He played 3 first grade games for the club, starting all of them at Hooker, however he was not re-signed for the 1997 season.

Whitehaven

Instead Lester moved to England, signing for the Whitehaven

Whitehaven RLFC

Whitehaven RLFC is a rugby league club playing in Whitehaven in West Cumbria. They play in Co-operative Championship. Their stadium is called the Recreation Ground...

 where he was to become a legend. He went on play for the club for over ten years and formed a strong combination with fellow Kiwis David Fatialofa

David Fatialofa

David Fatialofa is a New Zealand rugby league player who played professionally in England for Whitehaven.-Playing career:Fatialofa was an Auckland Warriors junior and played in the 1995 Lion Red Cup final...

 and Leroy Joe

Leroy Joe

Leroy Joe is a rugby league footballer who previously played half back for Whitehaven in England, National League One League Division. He is of Cook Island Heritage...

. Lester was the captain of the side from 2000 until his retirement. He led the side to their first ever final in 2004 when Whitehaven made the National League 1 Grand Final

Rugby League National Leagues

The Championship, known as Co-operative Championship due to sponsorship by The Co-operative Group, is a professional rugby league competition based in the United Kingdom. It is currently contested by ten teams from England. It acts as Europe's second-tier competition below the Super League, and has...

. Injury, including a broken arm in 2006, slowed him down in later years. He finally announced his retirement at the end of the 2007 season. New coach Ged Stokes talked to Lester about coming out of retirement for the 2008 season, however he decided against it.

Honoured at Whitehaven

Aaron Lester is a Whitehaven Hall Of Fame Inductee. He was named at hooker in Whitehaven's Immortals team.