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| Born | 14 November 1967 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 September 2012(2012-09-15) (aged 44) France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relatives | Hitro Okesene (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paul Okesene (/oʊkəsiːni/) (14 November 1967 – 15 September 2012) was a Samoan rugby league footballer who represented both Western Samoa and American Samoa.
Background
His brother, Hitro, also played international rugby league.
Playing career
A Manukau Magpies junior in the Auckland Rugby League competition, Paul Okesene played for Western Samoa in 1986, at the Pacific Cup. He spent the 1988/89 season with the Sheffield Eagles.
In 1992, he again played in the Pacific Cup, this time for American Samoa.
In 1994, Paul Okesene played for the Counties Manukau Heroes in the new Lion Red Cup. He left the club at the end of the year, signing to play in France.
Later years
Paul died 15 September 2012 due to a heart attack. At the time of his death, he was working as a bus driver for French rugby union club USA Perpignan.
References
- ^ Paul O'Kesene rugbyleagueproject.org
- 1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.101
- John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. pp. 276–279. ISBN 9781869693312.
- Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.106
- Par europe1.fr avec AFP (15 September 2012). "Rugby : le chauffeur des l'Usap décède - Europe1.fr - Multisports". Europe1.fr. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
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- 1967 births
- 2012 deaths
- American Samoa national rugby league team players
- Auckland rugby league team players
- Counties Manukau rugby league team players
- Junior Kiwis players
- Manukau Magpies players
- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand people of American Samoan descent
- New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent
- Rugby league players from Auckland
- Rugby league wingers
- Samoa national rugby league team players
- Samoan rugby league players
- Sheffield Eagles (1984) players