Peni Botiki
Fijian rugby league footballer
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Born | (1989-01-30) 30 January 1989 (age 35) Fiji | |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre, Loose forward, Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 3 May 2014 |
Peni Botiki is a Fijian rugby league footballer who represented Fiji in the 2013 World Cup.
Playing career
Botiki played for the Saru Dragons in the Western Conference of the Fiji National Rugby League Competition, winning the player of the year award in 2011.[2]
In 2012 he moved to Australia, joining the Collegians in the Illawarra Rugby League competition.[3] At the end of the year he was named the Australian Fiji Rugby League player of the year.[4]
He returned to Fiji and the Saru Dragons for the 2013 season.[5] In 2013, Botiki was named in the Fiji squad for the World Cup.[6]
In May 2014, Botiki played for Fiji in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International.
References
- ^ Peni Botiki rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ Botiki a boost for squad fijitimes.com, 12 March 2013
- ^ Rivals set for tough eliminator illawarramercury.com.au, 10 August 2012
- ^ Sutton confirms fijisun.com.fj, 6 March 2013
- ^ Sutton and Uate in for Fiji Bati fbc.com, 30 September 2013
- ^ 24-man squads for all RLWC2013 nations announced[usurped] rlwc2013.com, 9 October 2013