Samuel Kingi Edwards was a Maori New Zealand former international representative rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s.
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| Full name | Samuel Kingi Edwards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Opotiki New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | Sydney NSW Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He has two daughters: Naomi Cramer a Family Lawyer in Auckland, Marryna Edward and two sons Robert Edward and NZ born Morvin Edwards who later became a renowned rugby league player of his own right.[citation needed]
His mother was Ani Kingi from Torere affiliated to Ngai Tai. His father was Patrick Edwards of Whakatohea, Opotiki. He had two full brothers: Patrick Edwards, Robert Edwards and two half brothers Jackie Edwards and John Edwards two half sisters Harriet Edwards and TeAorangi Haare.[citation needed]
Joseph Edwards former Auckland Blues player and rugby unions player is his great nephew.[citation needed]
While he played in Auckland, he was selected to play for the New Zealand national team as well as the New Zealand Māori team.[3][4]
During the 1958 Auckland Rugby League season Edwards played for Marist. He played alongside Neville Denton. He would go on to form a formidable New Zealand front row trio partnering prop Maunga Emery and joined by Jock Butterfield at hooker.[5][4] Edwards was selected to go on the 1965 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France.[5]
References
edit- ^ "NZRL - Past Kiwis". Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "NZLEAGUE.CO.NZ - Home". Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b Coffey, John; Wood, Bernie (2008). 100 Years: Māori Rugby League, 1908–2008. New Zealand: Huia Publishers. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ a b "WELLINGTON'S BEST EVER XIII HOOKERS". foxsportspulse.com. Wellington Rugby League. Retrieved 14 August 2016.