Petero Civoniceva
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Born | Suva, Fiji[1] | 21 April 1976||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 116 kg (18 st 4 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Petero Civoniceva (Fijian pronunciation:
Early life
Civoniceva was born in Suva, Fiji, where his father, Petero Sr, was a rugby union player. Civoniceva's parents moved to Redcliffe, Queensland before his first birthday.[8] There he attended Humpybong State School, then Redcliffe State High School before finishing his senior schooling at Frawley College, now known as Southern Cross Catholic College. He played junior football for the Redcliffe Dolphins until 1994.[9]
Playing career
Domestic career
Brisbane Broncos
After playing 39 reserve grade games he began his NRL career as a
Civoniceva missed the Broncos grand final victory in 2000 due to injury, as well as Australia's 2000 World Cup campaign.
Having won the
Civoniceva won the Brisbane club's coveted Player of the Year award in
He was the 2006 Brisbane Broncos season's player of the year and he played at prop in the Broncos' 2006 NRL Grand Final victory.
As 2006 NRL Premiers, the Brisbane Broncos travelled to England to face 2006 Super League champions, St Helens R.F.C. in the 2007 World Club Challenge. Civoniceva played as a prop forward in the Broncos' 14–18 loss against St Helens,
During the 2007 NRL season, at the Broncos' 20-year anniversary celebration, the club announced a list of the 20 best players to play for them to date which included Civoniceva.[10]
In round 8 of
Civoniceva's Brisbane contract ended at the conclusion of the 2007 season.[12] The Broncos decision to withdraw the contract to the prop was due to salary cap restrictions.[13]
Penrith Panthers
Civoniceva signed to play for the Penrith Panthers for the 2008 season.[14] The deal was for 2 years with an option for a third and was believed to be worth $370,000 a year.[15] Civoniceva's move to
In January 2008, Penrith Panthers announced Civoniceva as captain of the team for 2008.[17]
His deal with Penrith was set to expire at the end of the 2009 NRL season.
He re-signed with Penrith until the end of 2012.[18]
He went on to play in Queensland's State of Origin victories in game 1 and then game 2, but suffered a season-ending foot injury in the first half of the second match.[19] In the
As a result, he missed Penrith's first qualifying final, where, despite a brave effort, the Panthers lost by just two points against the Canberra Raiders.
In Round 5 of the
Civoniceva scored his second try of the season in Round 16 against the
Civoniceva's stint at Penrith ended on a low, with the Panthers failing to qualify for the semi-finals, and thrashed by the St. George Illawarra Dragons, 32–12, at Round 26. Civoniceva also succumbed to a torn pectoral muscle injury during the 22nd minute of the game.
Return to Brisbane
On 26 July 2011, it was announced that the Penrith Panthers released Civoniceva from the final year of his contract, within the week, it was announced that he had signed to return to his original club, the Brisbane Broncos on a one-year deal.
On 8 May 2012, Civoniceva announced his retirement effective at the conclusion of the 2012 season.
Civoniceva was selected to play for Queensland in the 2012 State of Origin series.
During the 2012 NRL season Civoniceva became the 17th player in premiership history to play 300 games.[21] The third and deciding match of the 2012 State of Origin series, a Maroons victory which sealed an unprecedented seventh consecutive series for Queensland, was Civoniceva's last. Played at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium, it featured a post-match farewell speech for Civoniceva.
Redcliffe Dolphins
Civoniceva announced he would play for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Cup during the 2013 season.[22]
International career
His international and State of Origin debuts followed during 2001. At the end of the 2001 NRL season, he went on the 2001 Kangaroo tour.
Following the 2003 NRL season, Civoniceva played in the 2003 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, helping Australia to victory over Great Britain in what would be the last time the two nations contested an Ashes series.
Civoniceva was selected in the Australian team to compete in the end of season 2004 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament. In the final game against Great Britain he played prop forward in the Kangaroos' 44–4 victory.
Civoniceva was again selected to play for the
In August 2008, Civoniceva was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,[24][25] and in October 2008 he was selected in the final 24-man Australia squad.[26]
Civoniceva was selected for Australia in the one-off test match against New Zealand on 8 May 2009.[27]
After sitting out the remainder of the NRL season, his next match was for Australia against New Zealand in the opening match of the
For the
At the end of 2013 he was selected to travel to the United Kingdom and represent Fiji, the country of his birth, in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.
In May 2014, Petero played for
Later on in the year, Petero became an assistant coach, assisting main coach Rick Stone.
References
- ^ Ritchie, Dean (6 April 2011). "Not being from Queensland no bar to Cane Toad State of Origin selection". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ a b "Player profile of Petero Civoniceva". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
- ^ League Central
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ NRL Stats [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Tadulala top contender for award". Fiji Times. Fiji Times Limited. 2 January 2009. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ Daly, Mick (24 November 2006). "Prop closes on record". couriermail.com.au.
- ^ Civoniceva extends playing career with Redcliffe Archived 16 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 5 November 2012
- ^ Dekroo, Karl (9 May 2007). "Still the king". The Courier-Mail. Australia: Queensland Newspapers. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ "Petero plays numbers game - smh.com.au". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "Contracts not a distraction for Broncos". excerpt from Sydney Morning Herald. 29 May 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
- ^ "Tallis and Bailey take fire at Broncos over Civoniceva issue". RLeague.com. 19 June 2007. Archived from the original on 22 June 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2007.
- ^ "Petero a Panther!". www.NRL.com.au. 28 June 2007. Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
- ^ "Petero Civoniceva will be a Panther next year". www.panthers.com.au. 28 June 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
- ^ "Civoniceva knocked back Hull offer". ABC. 29 June 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ "Civoniceva to lead Panthers". Fox Sports News (Australia). 31 January 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
- ^ Ritchie, Dean. (27 March 2009) Uncle Sam wants our stars| NRL, Rugby League, NRL Scores, NRL Ladder. Fox Sports. Retrieved on 5 September 2011.
- ^ Civoniceva happy the rowing is over Archived 28 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine. News.brisbanetimes.com.au (27 October 2009). Retrieved on 5 September 2011.
- ^ "Round 16 – Penrith Panthers 30 d. North Queensland Cowboys 16". League Unlimited. Archived from the original on 31 July 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ Heming, Wayne (19 June 2012). "Civoniceva joins elite 300 NRL game club". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ Petero Civoniceva to return for boyhood club The Press, 5 November 2012
- ^ "Anzac Test match 2007". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ Liam FitzGibbon (1 August 2008). "Surprises in Kangaroos squad". "Fox Sports News (Australia)". Archived from the original on 8 August 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
- ^ "Veteran Lockyer named in Australian squad". International Herald Tribune. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
- ^ "Manly six win Australia call-up". BBC. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
- ^ Wald, Tom (3 May 2009). "Kangaroos selectors stick by losing World Cup team for New Zealand Test". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- ^ Jancetic, Steve; AAP (16 November 2009). "Kangaroos discover Four Nations identity". The Age. Australia: Fairfax Digital. Archived from the original on 19 November 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
External links
- Penrith Panthers profile
- Petero Civoniceva at the Former Origin Greats website.
- 2001 Ashes profile Archived 17 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- 2017 RLWC profile