Joe Duffey (born 22 June 1982) is a retired rugby union player who played

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Nottingham RFC Nottingham Rugby Club is a rugby union club based in Nottingham, England. The club's first team currently plays in the RFU Championship, the second tier of English Rugby. The first XV are nicknamed The Archers, in reference to the famous Robin ...

in the RFU Championship between 2003 and 2009, then again between 2011 and 2013, he played for

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its hom ...

in Premiership Rugby between 2009 and 2011. He is Maori descent from his mother's side and belongs to Te aitanga a Hauiti, Ngati Hei and Ngati Porou Iwi and also Irish/English descent from his father's side.

Career

Duffey spent five seasons at

before joining Leicester Tigers in the summer of 2009. Duffey was a replacement as Leicester won the 2010 Premiership final. Having spent two seasons with Leicester Tigers, Duffey rejoined Nottingham RFC for the 2011/12 season. He left Nottingham again in 2013 to return to his native New Zealand.

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Tigers profile

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