Makasini Richter
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Makasini Richter is a Tongan rugby league player who previously played for the Canterbury Bulldogs
, Western Suburbs Magpies
and the Wests Tigers
in the National Rugby League
.
Richter scored ten tries in his 24 appearances for the Wests Tigers in 2001 and 2002, including two tries in his first-grade debut. Unfortunately, he played during a particularly dire period for the club, with just 4 of his 24 appearances being victories.
In 2006 he represented the Tonga national rugby league team
at the Pacific Cup
. Earlier he had played for Tonga in the 2000 World Cup
.
Earlier in his career Richter was known as Jackson Kaufusi and Lipina Kaufusi.
Canterbury Bulldogs
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, as well as New South Wales Rugby League junior competitions...
, Western Suburbs Magpies
Western Suburbs Magpies
The Western Suburbs Magpies are an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as they are commonly referred to, were one of the nine foundation clubs of the first New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia...
and the Wests Tigers
Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's mid-western suburbs. They have competed in the National Rugby League since they were formed at the end of the 1999 season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs...
in the National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
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Richter scored ten tries in his 24 appearances for the Wests Tigers in 2001 and 2002, including two tries in his first-grade debut. Unfortunately, he played during a particularly dire period for the club, with just 4 of his 24 appearances being victories.
In 2006 he represented the Tonga national rugby league team
Tonga national rugby league team
The Tonga national rugby league team is a national sporting side, representing Tonga in rugby league football. Rugby league is a popular sport in Tonga, and the national team has become one of the best performed nations in the world...
at the Pacific Cup
2006 Pacific Cup
The 2006 Pacific Cup was the 10th Pacific Cup, a rugby league tournament held between Pacific teams. The tournament was hosted in Auckland and eventually won by Tonga, who defeated Fiji in the final...
. Earlier he had played for Tonga in the 2000 World Cup
2000 Rugby League World Cup
The 2000 Rugby League World Cup was the twelfth staging of the Rugby League World Cup and was held during October and November of that year in Great Britain, Ireland and France...
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Earlier in his career Richter was known as Jackson Kaufusi and Lipina Kaufusi.
Career highlights
- FG debut: Wests Tigers v Canberra Raiders- 1 April 2001,(Rd 7
- Played twenty-six first grade games to date.