Jason Temu
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
April 17, 1972 Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 19?? | Marist Saints | |||||
| 1994 | Counties Manukau | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 1995–97 | Oldham Bears | 77 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 1998 | Hull F.C. | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999–00 | Newcastle Knights | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | New Zealand Warriors | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 121 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1995–00 | Cook Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 30 December 2008 | ||||||
| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||
Jason Temu (born April 17, 1972) is a former Cook Island rugby league player. His position of preference was at Prop.
Temu grew up in New Zealand and played for the Marist Saints in the Auckland Rugby League. In 1994 he followed his coach, Stan Martin, to the Counties Manukau Heroes in the new Lion Red Cup competition. After several strong seasons with the Heroes he was offered a professional contract to play for Oldham in the English Championship, and then for the renamed Oldham Bears in Super League. At Oldham Temu made an immediate impression, playing the first 22 consecutive games. Temu was to play for the club for the next three years.
In 1995, after a season with Oldham, Temu was selected by the Cook Island team to play in the Emerging Nations Tournament. The Cook Islands won the tournament.
In 1998 Temu made the move to the Hull Sharks and the Super League. Temu played 15 games for the club that year.
In 1999 Temu moved to Australia and joined the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League competition. His time at the club was plagued by injury and over two seasons he only played 3 first grade games. He was released at the end of 2000.
At the end of 2000 Temu was selected in the Cook Island team for the World Cup and was made vice-captain of the squad.
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