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| Born | 16 April 1988 Alotau, Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (12 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tommy Butterfield (born 1988) is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who played for the PNG Hunters and Brisbane Tigers as a hooker in the Queensland Cup .He is a Papua New Guinea international and was previously contracted to the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League.
Early years
Butterfield attended Redcliffe State High School and the University of the Sunshine Coast. [2]
Playing career
Butterfield was a Redcliffe Dolphins junior and played for the Easts Tigers in the Queensland Cup.
In 2012 he was approached by Whitehaven but the club failed to get Rugby Football League approval. [3]
Representative career
Butterfield toured Europe with Papua New Guinea in 2007. [4] He was named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 World Cup, but did not make the final squad. [5]
In 2009 he played for PNG against Australia's Prime Minister's XIII. [4]
In 2010 he played for Australian Universities Rugby League when they toured England and France. [2]
References
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ a b Butterfield among cream of crop in league usc.edu.au, 19 October 2010
- ^ Whitehaven sign PNG's Glen Nami and Jesse Joe Parker bbc.co.uk, 22 February 2012
- ^ a b Butterfield dons PNG colours Redcliffe and Bayside Herald, 30 September 2009
- ^ "PNG name preliminary squad". RLWC.com. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Eastern Suburbs Tigers players
- Papua New Guinea Hunters players
- Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players
- Papua New Guinean emigrants to Australia
- Papua New Guinean rugby league players
- PNG Prime Minister's XIII players
- Queensland Residents rugby league team players
- Redcliffe Dolphins players
- Rugby league hookers
- Rugby league players from Milne Bay Province
- University of the Sunshine Coast alumni