Lee Te Maari
Lee Te Maari (born 28 July 1985) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s for St George, Canterbury-Bankstown and Parramatta. Te Maari primarily played in the second row.
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| Full name | Lee Te Maari | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 July 1985 Tokoroa, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Second-row, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
Te Maari played his junior rugby league for the Joondalup Giants in the Perth Rugby League.[2]
Playing career
Te Maari made his first grade debut for St. George in round 7 of the 2006 NRL season against the Sydney Roosters at the Sydney Football Stadium. In 2007, Te Maari joined Canterbury-Bankstown. He made 8 appearances for Canterbury in the 2007 NRL season including the club's qualifying final loss against North Queensland.
In the 2008 NRL season, Te Maari made a career best 22 appearances as Canterbury finished bottom of the table and claimed the wooden spoon.[3]
Te Maari was named in the New Zealand training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[4]
On 16 March 2010, Te Maari was dismissed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs after repeated breaches of the Club’s Code of Conduct including numerous driving offences.[5]
On 6 April 2010, Te Maari joined the Wentworthville Magpies and was selected to play in the Bundaberg Red Cup Team. Te Maari played one game for the Parramatta Eels in round 18 of the 2010 NRL season.[6]
References
- Rugby League Project
- Webeck, Tony (18 April 2014). "Roosters trash a Cowboy". NRL.com. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- "Most boring team ever? 2008 wooden spoon Bulldogs would beat 2017 version by twenty points". The81stminute.
- "Kiwis select Sonny Bill". Sky Sports. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
- "Canterbury sacked Te Maari over code breach". www.smh.com.au.
- "Official Player Numbers". Parramatta Eels.