Tawera Nikau: The Tiger who overcame tragedy

A brilliant loose forward from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, Tawera Nikau made a huge impact at Castleford, Cronulla, Melbourne and Warrington after brief spells at Sheffield and Ryedale-York. Sporting one of Rugby League’s great mullets, he starred for the Kiwis before captaining Aotearoa Maori in their only World Cup appearance in 2000.

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