Riki Flutey

Riki Flutey

Full name	Riki John Flutey
Date of birth	(1980-02-10) 10 February 1980 (age 37)
Place of birth	Wairarapa, New Zealand
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
School	Te Aute College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, fly-half Youth Career Petone Rugby Club Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2005–2007 2007–2009 2009–2010 2010–2012 2012–13 London Irish London Wasps CA Brive London Wasps Ricoh Black Rams 48 45 9 36 17 (269) (53) (0) (15) (32) Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1998 1999–2005, 2014 Hawke's Bay Wellington () Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–2005 Hurricanes 38 (74) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–2005 2008–2011 2009 New Zealand Māori England British and Irish Lions 14 1 (20) (0)

Position(s)	Centre, fly-half
Youth Career
Petone Rugby Club
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2005–2007 2007–2009 2009–2010 2010–2012 2012–13	London Irish London Wasps CA Brive London Wasps Ricoh Black Rams	48 45 9 36 17	(269) (53) (0) (15) (32)
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1998 1999–2005, 2014	Hawke's Bay Wellington		()
Super Rugby
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2002–2005	Hurricanes	38	(74)
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2002–2005 2008–2011 2009	New Zealand Māori England British and Irish Lions	14 1	(20) (0)

Riki John Flutey (born 10 February 1980) is a former New Zealand-born English rugby union player who last played at centre or fly-half for Ricoh Black Rams.

Internationally he represented England, and was selected for the British and Irish Lions in 2009, having previously represented New Zealand at all age groups.

Born in Wairarapa, Flutey was a member of the New Zealand team that won the U19 World Cup in 1999. He first played for the New Zealand Māori in 2002.

He made his representative debut for Hawkes Bay in 1998, between 1999–2005 he competed for the Wellington Lions in the National Provincial Championship.

Flutey made his debut for the Hurricanes against the Blues in the opening round of the 2002 Super 12.

After making only 5 appearances in the 2005 Super 12 season, Flutey moved to England to play for London Irish.

After his arrival at the Exiles the team achieved a play-off place in the 2005–06 Guinness Premiership, losing to the Leicester Tigers. That season, Flutey also started in the final of the European Challenge Cup, losing to Gloucester Rugby. At the end of the 2006–07 season, Flutey left London Irish to join London Wasps.

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