Peter Edwards (rugby league)

Peter Edwards (born 4 July 1969) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in 1993.

Peter Edwards

Personal information
Born	(1969-07-04) 4 July 1969 (age 54)
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	81 kg (12 st 11 lb)
Playing information
Position	Fullback, Hooker, Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Upper Hutt Tigers 1994 Hutt Valley Firehawks 21 9 0 2 38 1996–98 Salford City Reds Doncaster Total 21 9 0 2 38 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P Wellington New Zealand Māori 1993 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0
Source: ^[1]

Playing career

A product of Manawatu, Edwards played for the Upper Hutt Tigers in the Wellington Rugby League, and was part of the side that won the Appleton Shield in 1993.^[2] He then played for Wellington in the 1993 National Provincial Competition, and was selected to trial for the New Zealand national rugby league team.^[3] Edwards was subsequently selected to tour Great Britain with the national side and made his Test début against France. Edwards has also represented the New Zealand Māori side.^[4]

In 1994 Edwards joined the Hutt Valley Firehawks in the new Lion Red Cup. He was named as Fullback in the Lion Red Cup team of the year and toured Australia with the New Zealand Residents.^[5]

Edwards then joined the new Auckland Warriors franchise in the Australian competition, but could not break into the first grade side. Instead Edwards played in the reserve grade team.

In 1995 Edwards moved to England and joined the Salford City Reds in the Super League. Whilst playing for Salford City Reds, Edwards moved into the forward pack, playing at Hooker and Loose forward.^[6]

Edwards later played with Doncaster and York before retiring.^[7]

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1992 New Zealand Rugby League, 1992. p.16
3. Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1993, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1993. p.p.180-191
4. John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 274. ISBN 9781869693312.
5. Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.34
6. Salford just miss elusive victory The Independent, 28 July 1997
7. Kilgallon, Steve (30 November 2009). "Kiwi league player ends up with the club". The Sunday Star-Times. Retrieved 2 November 2011.