Michael Buettner
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| Born | 30 October 1973 Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre, Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Buettner (born 30 October 1973 in
Playing career
While attending
A Parramatta junior, Buettner made his first-grade début for the Eels in round 4 1992, against the Sydney Roosters at Aussie Stadium on 12 April. At the end of that season he won the Eric Grothe award, as the Eels' rookie of the year.
Buettner spent four seasons in the back-line at Parramatta before moving to the North Sydney Bears as a replacement for centre Ivan Cleary. In 1996, Buettner was selected to represent Australia at five-eighth in a match against Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby. He scored two tries. In the 1996 & 1997 seasons, Buettner was part of The Norths side which made consecutive preliminary final appearances but fell short on both occasions.[4]
Buettner was selected to represent
For the
Post playing
Formerly the NRL's game liaison manager, Buettner is currently competition manager for the National Youth 20s tournament, the Holden Cup.[5] He also serves on the NRL Judiciary, where he is the match review committee coordinator.[6][7]
In November 2018, Buettner played for the Parramatta Eels in the Legends of League tournament which was held at the Central Coast Stadium in Gosford. The side was captained by Nathan Hindmarsh and made it to the preliminary final before being defeated by The Barbarians.[8]
In November 2019, Buettner Played again for the
Footnotes
- ^ Michael Buettner at the Rugby League Project
- ^ NRL Stats[permanent dead link]
- ^ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
- ^ "Michael Buettner – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project".
- ^ "Toyota Cup to Kick off in 2008". National Rugby League. 12 April 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2007.
- ^ Dean Ritchie and Christian Nicolussi (4 June 2010). "Johnathan Thurston let-off backfires on NRL". Herald Sun. Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ^ "Buettner explains Hayne ref contact". National Rugby League. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Parramatta at Legends of League tournament". 18 November 2018.
References
- Whiticker, Alan; Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.