Edward Purcell is a professional rugby league footballer who represented Samoa in the 2013 World Cup.
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| Born | 30 November 1988 New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
editPurcell played for the Auckland Lions in the 2007 Bartercard Cup grand final winning side.[2]
In 2008 he played 31 games for the New Zealand Warriors side in the Toyota Cup.[3][4]
He played for the Akarana Falcons in the 2013 National Competition, and was then selected by Samoa for the World Cup.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Edward Purcell rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ Eddie Purcell of Auckland celebrates after winning the news photo gettyimages.co.uk, 9 September 2007
- ^ First up trial win for Junior Warriors Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 11 February 2008
- ^ Eddy Purcell Archived 17 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- ^ Falcons pushed hard by the Wellington Orcas stuff.co.nz, 10 September 2013
- ^ Samoa name Super League duo bbc.co.uk, 9 October 2013