Tahi Reihana is a former professional 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...

 footballer who played in the Australian Rugby League

Australian Rugby League

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 premiership and Super League

Super League

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 competitions.

Playing career

In 1994 Reihana was judged to be the Most Outstanding Player at the South Perth Lions rugby league club in the Western Australia Rugby League

Western Australia Rugby League

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 competition. In 1995 he made his first grade debut, playing for the new Western Reds franchise.

In 1997 he moved to England, signing with the Bradford Bulls

Bradford Bulls

Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....

. He was charged with assault in 1998, but the charges were thrown out due to unreliable evidence. Bradford released Reihana at the end of the 1998 season to make room in the overseas quota.

In 2000 Reihana was playing for Brisbane Souths in the Queensland Cup

Queensland Cup

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 when he was selected for the Aotearoa Māori

New Zealand Maori rugby league team

-See also:* New Zealand national rugby league team* New Zealand Māori rugby union team* New Zealand Māori cricket team-External links:* Google Books...

 side. While playing for Brisbane Souths, Reihana made the Queensland Residents side. He moved to the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in 2002, and again made the Residents side.

Representative career

Reihana represented Aotearoa Māori

New Zealand Maori rugby league team

-See also:* New Zealand national rugby league team* New Zealand Māori rugby union team* New Zealand Māori cricket team-External links:* Google Books...

 at 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...

, playing in three matches.

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