Joe Rātima

Hohepa Joe Rātima (birth unknown) is a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played representative rugby league (RL) for New Zealand.[2]

Joe Rātima
Personal information
Full nameHohepa Joe Rātima
BornNew Zealand
Playing information
Weight16 st (100 kg)[1]
Rugby union
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
King Country
New Zealand Māori
Rugby league
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Ponsonby
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Auckland
1956 New Zealand Māori
1958–59 New Zealand 4 1 0 0 3
Source: [2]

Rugby union career

Rātima is from Ngāti Maniapoto and originally played rugby union, representing King Country Rugby Union. He also represented New Zealand Māori.[3]

Rugby league career

He then switched to rugby league, representing Auckland.[3] In 1956 he was part of the Auckland sides that defeated Great Britain 5–4 in 1954 and France 17–15 in 1955.[4]

In 1956 he toured Australia as part of the New Zealand Māori rugby league team.[5]

He was part of the Ponsonby team that won the Auckland Rugby League title in 1958.[6]

He represented New Zealand, playing in two tests against Great Britain in 1958 and then touring Australia in 1959.[2]

Later years

Rātima was later the vice president of the Māori Rugby League organisation.[3]

References
  1. June 16, 1959 The Sydney Morning Herald, Page 16
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. Hohepa Joe Ratima
  4. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909–2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
  5. 100 Years: Māori Rugby League, 1908–2008 John Oliver Coffey, Bernie Wood p.148
  6. Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1990 New Zealand Rugby League, 1990. p.72
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