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Riki Papakura

New Zealand rugby league footballer

Field	Value
name	Riki Papakura
position
birth_place	New Zealand
height	178 cm
weight	70 kg
club1	Unknown (Rotorua)
club2	Warrington
year2start	1911
appearances2	1
tries2	0
goals2	0
fieldgoals2	0
points2	0
teamA	New Zealand Māori
yearAstart	1908
yearAend	09
appearancesA	20
triesA	5
goalsA	2
fieldgoalsA	0
pointsA	19
teamB	Rotorua
yearBstart	1909
appearancesB	1
triesB	0
goalsB	0
fieldgoalsB	0
pointsB	0
teamC	Auckland
yearCstart	1909
appearancesC	1
triesC	0
goalsC	0
fieldgoalsC	0
pointsC	0
teamD	Australasia
yearDstart	1910
appearancesD	2
triesD	0
goalsD	0
fieldgoalsD	0
pointsD	0
source
new	yes

Riki "Dick" Papakura was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented the New Zealand Māori side and Australasia and played professionally for Warrington. His position of preference was at fullback or in the centres.

Playing career

From Rotorua, Papakura toured Australia twice with the New Zealand Māori side; in 1908 with the original touring party and again as captain of the 1909 New Zealand Māori side, he also represented Australasia.

In 1909 Papakura played for Rotorua against an Auckland XIII before playing for Auckland against Wellington.

In 1910 Papakura was one of three New Zealanders invited to Sydney to represent Australasia against the touring Great Britain Lions, alongside Albert Asher and Con Sullivan. Papakura played in both "Test" matches at fullback.

In 1911 Papakura travelled to England to attend the Festival of Empire.{{cite book

Papakura played centre for Warrington's first grade team on 14 October 1911 in a 13–8 win over Broughton Rangers at Wilderspool Stadium. This match was part of the 1911–12 Northern Rugby Football Union season. Papakura was New Zealand's first overseas transfer, as he was granted a clearance by the New Zealand Rugby League on 6 October and Warrington paid a 20-pound fee that was forwarded to the Rotorua sub-league.

After his one and only first grade appearance, Papakura was again named in the Warrington A side. However, he realised he had failed to secure a place in the Warrington first grade team and so he returned to the Festival of Empire in London.

References

(31 December 2017). "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org.
Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. {{ISBN. 978-1-86969-366-4, p.p.26-29.
(31 December 2017). "The Meeting Of The Giants". rl1908.com.
link. (9 March 2012 ''wire2wolves.com'')
Coffey, John. ''Canterbury XIII'', Christchurch, 1987. p.16

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