Tim Winitana (born 29 April 1987) is a 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 as a for the

Canterbury Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilita ...

in the

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between 2007 and 2010.

Background

Winitana was born in Wellington, New Zealand.

Playing career

Winitana made his debut for Canterbury-Bankstown against the Brisbane Broncos in round 14 of the

season on 15 June 2007 after first choice centre

Willie Tonga Villiami Sione "Willie" Tonga (born 8 August 1983), also known by the nickname of "Little Willie", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Leigh Centurions in the Super League. An Australia internat ...

was not selected for disciplinary reasons. Winitana made 22 appearances the following year in the

2008 NRL season The 2008 NRL season was the 101st season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia, and the eleventh run by the National Rugby League. For the second year, National Rugby League teams, sixteen teams competed for the 2008 Telstr ...

and scored 10 tries as Canterbury finished last on the table. In 2011, Winitana signed with the Penrith Panthers but made no appearances for the first grade side. Winitana then moved to

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to play for the Macquarie Scorpions in 2012.http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-2137-97435-0-0&sID=245006&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=18978182

References

External links

Canterbury Bulldogs profile
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