Maea David

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title: "Maea David" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1972-births", "living-people", "20th-century-samoan-sportsmen", "21st-century-samoan-sportsmen", "bramley-r.l.f.c.-players", "canterbury-rugby-league-team-players", "doncaster-r.l.f.c.-players", "featherstone-rovers-players", "hull-f.c.-players", "hull-rufc-players", "illawarra-steelers-players", "papanui-tigers-players", "rugby-league-centres", "samoan-rugby-league-players", "samoan-rugby-union-coaches", "samoan-rugby-union-players"] description: "NZ rugby league footballer (born 1972)" topic_path: "law" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maea_David" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary NZ rugby league footballer (born 1972) ::

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Field	Value
name	Maea David
fullname	Kuki K David
first	RL
retired	yes
position	Centre
birth_date
birth_place	Samoa
height	178 cm
weight	118 kg
club1	Papanui (CRL)
club2	Canterbury Cardinals
year2start	1994
appearances2	18
tries2	4
goals2	0
fieldgoals2	0
points2	16
club3	Hull FC
year3start	1994
year3end	96
appearances3	29
tries3	8
goals3	0
fieldgoals3	0
points3	32
club4	Illawarra Steelers
year4start	1996
year4end	97
appearances4	11
tries4	0
goals4	0
fieldgoals4	0
points4	0
club5	Hull FC
year5start	1998
appearances5	1
tries5	0
goals5	0
fieldgoals5	0
points5	0
club6	Bramley RLFC
year6start	1999
appearances6	1
tries6	0
goals6	0
fieldgoals6	0
points6	0
club7	Featherstone Rovers
year7start	2000
appearances7	25
tries7	0
goals7	0
fieldgoals7	0
points7	0
club8	Doncaster RLFC
year8start	2001
year8end	03
appearances8	74
tries8	7
goals8	0
fieldgoals8	0
points8	28
teamA	Canterbury
yearAstart	1992
yearAend	??
ru_club1	Hull RUFC
source
new	yes
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Maea David (born 27 February 1972) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former professional rugby league footballer who played professionally in England and Australia.

Playing career

David played in the Canterbury Rugby League competition for the Papanui Tigers and made his Canterbury début in 1992. He also made the Kiwi Colts that year. David made the 1993 New Zealand national rugby league team trials but did not make the final squad. He played for the Canterbury Country Cardinals in the inaugural Lion Red Cup.

In 1994, he signed with Hull FC, and moved to England.

He spent the 1996 and 1997 seasons with the Illawarra Steelers, playing in 11 first grade matches.

David then returned to Hull for 1998's Super League III season.

David also played for Featherstone Rovers and Doncaster Dragons.

Later years

David joined the Hull RUFC, playing for the club before becoming the backs coach under former teammate, Tevita Vaikona.

References

References

1. link. (2011-07-12 ''hullfc.com'')
2. (31 December 2017). "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org.
3. Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1992 ''New Zealand Rugby League'', 1992. p.16
4. [https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-clubbyclub-guide-to-the-new-season-1377408.html Club-by-club guide to the new season] ''The Independent'', 19 August 1994
5. (January 2018)
6. (January 2018)
7. [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-24390935_ITM David angry with poor Hull show] ''Hull Daily Mail'', 30 October 2006

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