Anthony Samuel is a Cook Island former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for the

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, and at club level for the

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and

Workington Town Workington Town R.L.F.C. is a semi-professional rugby league club playing in Workington in west Cumbria. Their stadium is Derwent Park, which they share with Workington Comets, a speedway team. They became Rugby League Champions in 1951 and ...

, as a or .

Playing career

Between 2000 and 2002 Samuel played for

in the

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. He made an appearance for Workington Town in a 2010 testimonial match for Neil Frazer along with other former favourites such as

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Representative career

Samuel won three caps for

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in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.Wales overcome Pacific islanders
''BBC Sport''

Note

Anthony Samuel's surname is occasionally misspelt with a trailing "s" as Samuels.

References

External links

Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv
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