Tuiyo Evei

Tuiyo Evei

Personal information
Born	Papua New Guinea
Died	1998
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Goroka Lahanis Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1988–95 Papua New Guinea 11 2 0 0 8
Source: [1]

Tuiyo Evei was a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who represented Papua New Guinea at the 1995 World Cup.

Playing career

Evei first represented Papua New Guinea in 1988 against Great Britain.[1] He went on to play in eleven test matches for Papua New Guinea.

In 1991, Evei received a lifetime ban from rugby league after being held responsible for a riot that occurred after an international match against France. He had been dropped from the team after missing a training session, and following a narrow defeat to the French, Evei's supporters had stormed the field, knocking Kumuls coach Skerry Palanga to the ground and shouting abuse at officials.[2] Evei successfully appealed against the ban after taking the league to court.[3]

In 1993 he was part of the Goroka Lahanis side that defeated the Port Moresby Vipers to win the SP Cup grand final for the first time.[4]

In 1995 he was part of Papua New Guinea's World Cup campaign, playing in one match at the tournament.

He died in 1998 in a car accident.[4][5]

References

1. Tuiyo Evei rugbyleagueproject.org
2. "Player gets life ban after 'starting' riot". The Canberra Times. 5 September 1991. p. 28 – via Trove.
3. "PNG executive bans five internationals". The Canberra Times. 1 May 1992. p. 28 – via Trove.
4. Buko's last trip Archived 2002-02-17 at the Wayback Machine Highlands Post, 30 January 2002
5. Buko is dead Archived 2013-04-16 at archive.today Post Courier, 23 January 2002