Farrell Temata (1944 – 26 April 2013) was a

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player and coach. He was a

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who played 44 times for the

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provincial rugby union team in the late 1960s and 1970s and later was the side's assistant coach from 1992 to 1994. He was assistant coach of the Chiefs

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team from 2004 to 2006. On April 26, 2013, at age 68, Temata died due to a heart attack in

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, where he was sideline at a Pukpuks match as their assistant coach.

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