Maea David

Maea David (born 27 February 1972) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former professional rugby league footballer who played professionally in England and Australia.

Maea David

Personal information
Full name	Kuki K David
Born	(1972-02-27) 27 February 1972 (age 53)[1] Samoa
Playing information
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
Rugby league
Position	Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Papanui (CRL) 1994 Canterbury Cardinals 18 4 0 0 16 1994–96 Hull FC 29 8 0 0 32 1996–97 Illawarra Steelers 11 0 0 0 0 1998 Hull FC 1 0 0 0 0 1999 Bramley RLFC 1 0 0 0 0 2000 Featherstone Rovers 25 0 0 0 0 2001–03 Doncaster RLFC 74 7 0 0 28 Total 159 19 0 0 76 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1992–?? Canterbury
Rugby union
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Hull RUFC
Source: [2]

Playing career

David played in the Canterbury Rugby League competition for the Papanui Tigers and made his Canterbury début in 1992.^[3] He also made the Kiwi Colts that year. David made the 1993 New Zealand national rugby league team trials but did not make the final squad. He played for the Canterbury Country Cardinals in the inaugural Lion Red Cup.

In 1994, he signed with Hull FC, and moved to England.^[4]

He spent the 1996 and 1997 seasons with the Illawarra Steelers, playing in 11 first grade matches.

David then returned to Hull for 1998's Super League III season.

David also played for Featherstone Rovers and Doncaster Dragons.

Later years

David joined the Hull RUFC, playing for the club before becoming the backs coach under former teammate, Tevita Vaikona.^[5][6][7]