Pama Petia
| Full name | Pama Raymond Petia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 August 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Paul's Collegiate School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pama Raymond Petia (born 24 August 1980) is a Samoan former international rugby union player.
Educated at St Paul's Collegiate School in Hamilton, Petia played his rugby as a loose forward and was capped once by Samoa, against Namibia in Windhoek in 2003.[1] He played with Thames Valley and Hawke's Bay.[2]
Petia received a three-and-a-half-year jail sentence for money laundering in 2021, after delivering $2 million in cash to a bikie as part of a West Australian drug-smuggling operation.[3][4]
See also
References
- ^ "Petia wants Magpie place back". NZ Herald. 9 April 2007.
- ^ "Pama Raymond Petia". www.rugbyhistory.co.nz.
- ^ "Ex-rugby player locked up over huge $2m cash drop-off". The West Australian. 26 June 2021.
- ^ "WA Police seize $13.1 million in truck stop". The West Australian. 6 December 2020.
External links
- Pama Petia at ESPNscrum (archive)