George Turirua Lajpold[2] is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.
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| Full name | George Turirua Lajpold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career edit
Lajpold played for the Randwick Kingfishers club in the Wellington Rugby League competition and represented Wellington.[3][4] He was selected for Central Districts in 1982. In 1987 he played for a New Zealand XIII before being selected to tour Australia with New Zealand. Lajpold sustained an injury when representing Wellington just prior to the tour. The injury was re-aggravated early in the tour and Lajpold returned to New Zealand. Lajpold also played 6 tests for his native country the Cook Islands in the Pacific Cup held in Rarotonga in 1986. Lajpold retired as a player in 1996 after 20 years of premier and representative league.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ LAJPOLD, George Turirua - 1987 Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- ^ Wellington Grand Final Programme Archived 2012-11-02 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 2 September 2002
- ^ 1984 Autex Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1984. p.74
- ^ 1987 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1987. p.28
- ^ About Us Randwick Kingfishers